Hi Rishi, You can now do a mkfs on that particular file, mount it and do whatever you can do with a normal block device. Read more about "loopback devices". On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:28 PM, rishi agrawal <postrishi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I would like to know about the use of "losetup". > Also, try googling for "Hari Paranjape + Device Mappers". > By use I want mean that in what all situations will I use losetup. Its > okay that it attaches a loop device to any regular file but how do we > Attaching here is not a simple attaching, remember that. The actual mechanism lies here only. > use this feature. > > > > -- > Regards, > Rishi B. Agrawal > -- Regards, Sandeep. "To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
