Re: ext2 in a dos file/partition

Aaron Ucko (UCKO@vax1.rockhurst.edu)
Wed, 06 Mar 1996 21:13:07 -0600 (CST)


>> When I worked on vax/vms years ago, we had a similar thing, it was called a
>> "virtual disk"; the file in which it lived was called a "container file".
>> (It's very similar to the CVS of drvspace and stacker). You could mount the
>> virtual disk, format it, etc. just as if it was a real disk.
>
>See the loopfs in the current kernel. I don't know if it works over the top
>of MSDOS, but I've been using it for various things - like trying to debug
>a cpmfs for Linux.

cpmfs?! Now I've heard everything! What's next, punch card reader
support? :-)

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