you can have byte access to the filesystem, but to have file access, you need to mount it (so that the kernel will translate the bytes into files).
Is there some overarching goal you're driving at? On 5/6/09, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote: > Not that I know of. I know you can burn CDs without mounting, but once the > file system is in place, you have to mount it to read it. This is my own > limited knowledge/experience, and could be completely wrong. > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 09:32, tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Can you read/write to an unmounted filesystem? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > -- Daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
