Re: Loopback filesystem support?
On Thursday 03 April 2003 01:23 am, W. Sierke wrote: From: Rus Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi All, Does FreeBSD have any support for loopback filesystems. i.e. I mean being able to mount a file as a filesystem ala Linux. Googling didn't chuck back much and the nearest I found was mount_null. Is it possible? man vn man vnconfig /dev/vn* See also: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-virtual.html vnconfig goes away in favor of mdconfig in FreeBSD 5.0. Jeff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Loopback filesystem support?
On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 00:52, Rus Foster wrote: Hi All, Does FreeBSD have any support for loopback filesystems. i.e. I mean being able to mount a file as a filesystem ala Linux. Googling didn't chuck back much and the nearest I found was mount_null. Is it possible? *** -$ man mount_null MOUNT_NULL(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual MOUNT_NULL(8) NAME mount_null - mount a loopback filesystem sub-tree; demonstrate the use of a null file system layer BUGS THIS FILESYSTEM TYPE IS NOT YET FULLY SUPPORTED (READ: IT DOESN'T WORK) AND USING IT MAY, IN FACT, DESTROY DATA ON YOUR SYSTEM. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. BEWARE OF DOG. SLIPPERY WHEN WET. This code also needs an owner in order to be less dangerous - serious hackers can apply by sending mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and announcing their intent to take it over. *** mount_null is all that exists for a loopback filesystem in FreeBSD (afaik), and it does have many sharp edges (I actually once lost ~30gb b/c of it). I'd avoid it at all costs. Try using symlinks instead, if possible. -- Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Loopback filesystem support?
On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 08:57, Jeff Walters wrote: See also: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-virtual.html vnconfig goes away in favor of mdconfig in FreeBSD 5.0. Ah, I guess there is another solution other than mount_null .. My mistake .. -- Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Loopback filesystem support?
Hi All, Does FreeBSD have any support for loopback filesystems. i.e. I mean being able to mount a file as a filesystem ala Linux. Googling didn't chuck back much and the nearest I found was mount_null. Is it possible? Rgds Rus -- www: http://www.65535.net | More bits for your byte community: http://www.65535.org | MSNM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Hosting - Shell Accounts t: +44 (0) 7092016595 | Virtual Servers ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Loopback filesystem support?
From: Rus Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi All, Does FreeBSD have any support for loopback filesystems. i.e. I mean being able to mount a file as a filesystem ala Linux. Googling didn't chuck back much and the nearest I found was mount_null. Is it possible? man vn man vnconfig /dev/vn* e.g.: # vnconfig -c vn0 file.iso mount_cd9660 /dev/vn0 /mnt ... # umount /mnt vnconfig -u vn0 Wayne ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
