@256 Actually a pretty neat tool, it worked quite well...

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@256 Actually a pretty neat tool, it worked quite well the couple times I used it early in my computering days. Did it partition the C: drive to make space for an ext* partition or did it create a file-backed virtual root file system?

Like 6 January at 19:08 | Wall-to-wall | Open on y.diskcat.com

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dzwdz

@snep The latter, iirc.

6 January at 19:13 | Open on tilde.zone

Pangolin Gerasim

@snep @256 the latter.

6 January at 19:24 | Open on oldbytes.space

grawity

@snep From what I remember, neither – it created a large loop image containing the ext3 root filesystem in C:\. (The initramfs did a dance to mount the NTFS partition using ntfs-3g, then loop-mount the Ubuntu rootfs at /, then move the NTFS mount to /host.)

(It also booted using Grub4dos chained *from* NTLDR, rather than the commonly done opposite, so users only saw the familiar Windows boot menu and it was much less likely to break.)

6 January at 20:15 | Open on social.treehouse.systems

sadmac356

@snep @256 it made a file-backed system from what I remember using it in 2013

6 January at 21:32 | Open on social.restless.systems