Re: Making a file system image

On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 10:57:52AM -0700, Rus Foster wrote: > > HIt a bit of a quandry. Trying to work out how to do the following. I'm > basically wanting to create a file, format it then loop back mount it. Now > for the life of me I can work out how to format a file. Any ideas? # dd bs=512k cou

Re: Making a file system image

Hello Rus Foster (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I'm basically wanting to create a file, format it then loop back > mount it. Now for the life of me I can work out how to format a file. After you created the file, connect it to a loop device, e.g.: losetup /dev/loop0 loopback-file Then, you c

Making a file system image

Hi All, HIt a bit of a quandry. Trying to work out how to do the following. I'm basically wanting to create a file, format it then loop back mount it. Now for the life of me I can work out how to format a file. Any ideas? Cheers Rus -- w: http://www.jvds.com | Linux + FreeBSD VDS's from $15/m