[syslinux] [RFC] make extlinux work without mount the filesystem

[Robert Yang]

On 11/21/2014 02:33 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 11/20/2014 10:21 PM, Robert Yang wrote:
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>> which can copy files into test.img without mount it, for example:
>> $ mke2fs -t ext3 -d <rootfs_dir> -F test.img
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>> I'd like to make extlinux can work without mount the filesystem (use
>> libext2fs), is it possible for extlinux, please ? And is such a patch
>> acceptable, please ? (Add a "-d/--device <device>" option, and the
>> option is optional).
>>
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> I would definitely accept such a patch.  It probably makes more sense in the
> "syslinux" installer rather than "extlinux", since the former already operates
> on an unmounted filesystem.

Great, thanks for the reply, I will do more investigations on syslinux/extlinux,
and ask for help or send a draft design later.

// Robert

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> I would also love to unify the FAT implementation.
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