On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:53:57 -0500, Lei Yang <lya755@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here is a question for loopback device. As far as I understand, the > loopback device is used to mount files as if they were block devices. No. It's designed to massage block devices but can also work with files - commonly it's necessary to use a loopback device to transparently encrypt data heading for another. Jon. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
