Re: loop device needed for hdimage dosemu package setup

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On 2021-03-26, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> I don't know if this will make a difference or not, but I think I set up 
> an hdimage file for a 32mb dos hard drive.
> What would commands or a command be to create a loop device
> that would work well with a drive of this size?
> I just found out about losetup and loop-control commands today so will be 
> new to both for a while.
>

You could do that, but you're doing it the hard way. The more standard
way is to use the emulated filesystem, which just makes a regular
directory (usually ~/.dosemu/drive_c) look like a drive to DOS.

You can even attach/detach other directories as drives at runtime.

Tavis.

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