Re: cloop and 2.6.0-testX

On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 16:04, AthlonRob wrote:
> I tried posting via the newsgroup interface... but didn't get
> anywhere...  sorry if that appears making this a duplicate!
> 
> I'm trying to modify Lnx-bbc to fit a rescue CD idea I've had for a
> while... however, I can't get in to singularity to have a look around,
> because it's all locked up in a cloop compressed filesystem.
> 
> Since I'm using 2.6.0-test5, I don't see a way to get in there.
> 
> Is there a cloop driver for 2.6.0 out yet... or a utility to un-c the
> cloop image?
> 
> Rob
> 

The cloop distribution includes a program called extract_compressed_fs.
You don't need the cloop driver, it's just a C program that will 
decompress the singularity file.  The decompressed file is a romfs 
filesystem, so your OS needs loop and romfs to mount the decompressed
file.

At the risk of self promotion twice in one day, I wrote some scripts
to take apart an lnxbbc image and then compress it back together to
make it easy to modify the disc.  It might help you out:

   http://www.mock.com/bbcmods

jeff