----- Original Message ----- From: "Cameron Simpson" <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> > | > | Is there a way to read the files without first making the local > | copy on computer b? I would prefer to do it on computer b if > | possible. > | > | If (on computer b) I try to > | > | mount -vv -t iso9660 /mnt/disc1.iso /mnt/dummy -o loop > | > | I get a message: > | mount: going to use the loop device /dev/loop1 > | mount: /mnt/disc1.iso: Permission denied > | mount: failed setting up loop device > | > | The permission on /mnt/disc1 is 644 and I am root. > | > | I don't know whether this is supposed to work or not. > | Can someone tell me? > > I'm pretty sure a loop device needs a real local file to back it. > NFS isn't up to it (it's a stateless view of a filesystem, not much good > for an OS layer that needs timely and reliable block I/O to a file > as backing store). > > Have you considered doing the loopback mount on the remote system and > exporting _that_ over NFS? That will work fine. In fact, we do that > here. Thanks Cameron. Yes, that works fine. I guess that's the answer. I was just trying to minimize the no. of files on the remote system, and didn't understand the "permission denied" error. I haven't found much info about this online yet. John -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
