Re: Re (2): HOW does 'loop' work ?

From	Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.slackware, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Re (2): HOW does 'loop' work ?
Date	2011-04-25 22:16 -0500
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On 04/25/2011 01:43 PM, no.top.post@gmail.com wrote:
> OK, this suble reason, is what adds complication in understanding
> the 'model', and<loopFS>  existed BEFORE Flash chips.
> What was the motivation/use originally?

Here's a quick real-world example.  You've just downloaded an ISO
image of a file system intended to be burned to a DVD.  You'd like
to look around inside before burning the 4GB DVD:

        mount -o loop,ro somefile.iso /mnt/tmp

Now that whole file system is available just as though you had
burned the DVD and then mounted _that_ on /mnt/tmp.

-- 
Bob Nichols         AT comcast.net I am "RNichols42"

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Re: HOW does 'loop' work ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-04-24 11:28 +0000
  Re: HOW does 'loop' work ? Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2011-04-24 18:09 +0300
    Re (2): HOW does 'loop' work ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-04-25 18:43 +0000
      Re: Re (2): HOW does 'loop' work ? Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2011-04-25 22:36 +0300
      Re: Re (2): HOW does 'loop' work ? Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-26 00:02 +0000
        Re (3): HOW does 'loop' work ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-04-27 13:16 +0000
      Re: Re (2): HOW does 'loop' work ? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2011-04-25 22:16 -0500

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