On Saturday 03 July 2004 01:29, Keith Morse wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Malcolm Kay wrote: > > > > Which brings up another issue. Under linux can I create and > > > > mount a file system within a file on an existing file system > > > > rather than on a separate disk partition? This would allow me > > > > to at least try a restore operation using the space available > > > > in the current file system. > > > > > > Look at mount --bind. I think this does what I think you want. > > > > Not really; this is something different. I was looking for something > > like 'vnconfig' from BSD. With this I can create a fs of any type known > > to the operating system nested within a regular file. > > An extract from the man page-> > > > > SYNOPSIS > > vnconfig [-cdeguvTZ] [-s option[,option...]] [-r option[,option...]] > > [-S value] special_file [regular_file] [feature] > > vnconfig -a [-cdeguv] [-s option] [-r option] [-f config_file] > > > > DESCRIPTION > > The vnconfig command configures and enables vnode pseudo disk > > devices. The first form of the command will associate the special file > > special_file with the regular file regular_file allowing the latter to be > > accessed as though it were a disk. Hence a regular file within the > > filesystem can be used for swapping or can contain a filesystem that is > > mounted in the name space. If you want to use swap backing store for > > your device instead of a file, you can leave regular_file out and specify > > the size of the block device with the -S option. > > I replied to Ed's email but it doesn't seem to have made it to the list. > Or if it did I've already deleted it. > > > I'd create a file with dd to whatever size I need and then mount the file > using the loopback option (-loop). You'll need to put a file system on it > also. Thanks, with your help I've found it in the man pages. It sounds like what I was thinking of. I did see an earlier epistle from you on this but unfortunately for my limited experience with linux it was a bit brief and didn't lead me to finding the information. Again many thanks, Malcolm -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
