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What does "loopmount" mean?

KJ Martin Olsson 3 participants 3 messages Feb 14, 2007 Kernel janitors

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Quoted 6 lines · On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:27:53 -0800 Martin Olsson wrote:

Hi,

I'm wondering, what does "loopmount" mean? This word is used for instance here:

http://specialreports.linux.com/article.pl?sid/02/09/0859248&tid8&tidG

It means to mount via a loop device.
Maybe 'man losetup' will help.

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Quoted 7 lines · Martin Olsson

Hi,

I'm wondering, what does "loopmount" mean? This word is used for instance here:

http://specialreports.linux.com/article.pl?sid/02/09/0859248&tid8&tidG

Hi,

They're probably refering to mounting an image using the loop device.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_device

Regards,
Frederik
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