Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 3 Dec 1996 14:11:49 -0500 (EST) | From | "Derrick J. Brashear" <> | Subject | Re: Union file system |
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> > On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > A loopback mount is far easier than a union file system, and a big > > necessity if you need to set up multiple chrooted environments. > > > > And don't tell me to use a NFS back-mount. NFS is not a solution, NFS is a > > problem in and of itself. (Did anybody check the speed of nfs vs smbfs?) > > Hey, > > I don't really understand why loopback mounts don't exist in Linux then. > It really doesn't sound too hard to implement for someone who knows the fs > code of Linux fairly well. > Any volunteers? Loopback filesystems are great.......
I agree. So does the person who wrote one: ftp://dot.superaje.com/pub/linux has one
-D
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