On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > > > >> Timothy Murphy wrote: > > > >>> I have heard of "mount -o loop". But the instructions say one > >>> should insert a DVD, which I take to mean that one should insert a > >>> DVD. > >> They ask you to insert a DVD so that its filesystem can be mounted > >> and you can access the files on that DVD. > >> > >>> This is not always - or even usually - equivalent to "mount -o loop". > >> huh? Its almost always the same. Unless you are using the DVD for > >> something non-standard. (years ago I used to write .tar files > >> directly to floppy media. I suppose you could arrange to use a DVD > >> in the same fashion, but most people don't.) Most DVDs contain ISO > >> (or UDP) filesystems (which for the sake of this argument are > >> equivalent). > > > > i would disagree. with a physical DVD, you're mounting a block > > device, while you'd mount with "-o loop" if you're mounting a regular > > file that happens to be an ISO image. let's not confuse the two. > > I'm not confusing the two. With a DVD, the ISO is burned to the > disk. You could always recover it via "cat /dev/dvd > image.iso" (or > something similar for your device name). Both are ultimately an ISO > image. Only the container (and as you said the actual mount > options) differ. I guess you like to split hairs. heh. what part of "pedantry" is confusing you? :-) rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list