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Re: USB media install has wrong partition

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On 16 September 2018 at 17:38, Thomas Schmitt <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
> i wrote:
>> > You could even use program fdisk to delete partition entry 2 in the ISO
>
> mick crane wrote:
>> never really understanding this.
>> If mount iso as loopback does it show up in fdisk ?
>
> No loopback is needed. fdisk will operate directly on the ISO image file
> as it would operate on the USB stick.

As an aside, it is actually an error to describe this as a "loopback" device,
because that is incorrect.

It is a "loop" device [1].

The word "loopback" does not appear in 'man mount'.

A *loop* device is a filesystem technique to make a file accessible as
a block device.

A *loopback* device is a virtual network interface.

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USB media install has wrong partition John Roman <john@dev1ce.com> - 2018-09-15 04:30 +0200
  Re: USB media install has wrong partition Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2018-09-15 05:20 +0200
    Re: USB media install has wrong partition John Roman <john@dev1ce.com> - 2018-09-15 17:20 +0200
    Re: USB media install has wrong partition John Roman <john@dev1ce.com> - 2018-09-15 17:40 +0200
  Re: USB media install has wrong partition "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-15 19:20 +0200
    Re: USB media install has wrong partition John Roman <john@dev1ce.com> - 2018-09-15 20:10 +0200
      Re: USB media install has wrong partition "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-15 20:40 +0200
        Re: USB media install has wrong partition mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-09-16 09:10 +0200
          Re: USB media install has wrong partition "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-16 09:40 +0200
            Re: USB media install has wrong partition mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-09-16 10:10 +0200
            Re: USB media install has wrong partition David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2018-09-16 10:20 +0200
              Re: USB media install has wrong partition "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-16 13:10 +0200
            Re: USB media install has wrong partition David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2018-09-16 10:30 +0200
  Re: USB media install has wrong partition Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-15 20:20 +0200
    Re: USB media install has wrong partition Wayne Sallee <Wayne@WayneSallee.com> - 2018-09-15 20:40 +0200
    Re: USB media install has wrong partition "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-15 20:50 +0200

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