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<[[User:Gniarf|Gniarf]]> this page is old. |
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− | <[[User:quaestor|quaestor]]>...but still useful, particularly with an update ;-) |
+ | <[[User:quaestor|quaestor]]>...but still useful, particularly with an update ;-): |
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− | Man, that's what I get for editing wiki before coffee. I didn't even notice that this was for using Cygwin :-( |
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XP Pro (may also apply to Home; I don't know) includes a number of new command line tools, among them <tt>fsutil</tt>: |
XP Pro (may also apply to Home; I don't know) includes a number of new command line tools, among them <tt>fsutil</tt>: |
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fsutil file createnew kubuntu.ext3 2147483648 |
fsutil file createnew kubuntu.ext3 2147483648 |
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This creates a file on disk which initially takes up only 4,096 bytes and will grow to an upper limit of 2 G as it fills (perfect for disk images). |
This creates a file on disk which initially takes up only 4,096 bytes and will grow to an upper limit of 2 G as it fills (perfect for disk images). |
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− | The file created above can be passed in to coLinux as |
+ | The file created above can be passed in to coLinux as usaul, and formatted from within a running Linux instance using, for example, "<tt>mkfs.ext3 /dev/cobd2</tt>". Then you can mount and copy as described below. |
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