In article <1992Aug5.170313.14168@bernina.ethz.ch>, almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Werner Almesberger) writes:
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|> From: almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Werner Almesberger)
|> Subject: loop devices patch for 0.97
|> Message-ID: <1992Aug5.170313.14168@bernina.ethz.ch>
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|> Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
|> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 92 13:03:13 GMT+5:00
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|> This is the loop devices patch for the unpatched 0.97 kernel sources.
|> With loop devices, regular files can be mounted as file systems.
|> 

I have access to a PC which I would like to run linux on.  However, its primary
purpose is to serve the needs of two other grad students, so I can not change
its configuration too much (ie I can not repartition the hard drive).  Will
this patch allow me to create a large MS-DOS file which I could mount and
use as my root file system?  I suspose that I need a few things like /etc and 
/bin which could not be in this file system file, but that would be
allright also.

Thanks,

Jim Nance