* [KJ] What does "loopmount" mean?
@ 2007-02-14 19:51 Martin Olsson
2007-02-14 21:02 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-02-14 21:31 ` Frederik Deweerdt
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From: Martin Olsson @ 2007-02-14 19:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi,
I'm wondering, what does "loopmount" mean? This word is used for
instance here:
http://specialreports.linux.com/article.pl?sid\a/02/09/0859248&tid\x138&tidG
Cheers,
Martin
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* Re: [KJ] What does "loopmount" mean?
2007-02-14 19:51 [KJ] What does "loopmount" mean? Martin Olsson
@ 2007-02-14 21:02 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-02-14 21:31 ` Frederik Deweerdt
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From: Randy Dunlap @ 2007-02-14 21:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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\a/02/09/0859248&tid\x138&tidG
It means to mount via a loop device.
Maybe 'man losetup' will help.
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* Re: [KJ] What does "loopmount" mean?
2007-02-14 19:51 [KJ] What does "loopmount" mean? Martin Olsson
2007-02-14 21:02 ` Randy Dunlap
@ 2007-02-14 21:31 ` Frederik Deweerdt
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From: Frederik Deweerdt @ 2007-02-14 21:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernel-janitors
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:27:53PM -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\a/02/09/0859248&tid\x138&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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