Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Apr 1996 14:07:06 +0200 | From | aeb@cwi ... | Subject | Re: loop with msdos |
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Mark W. Eichin:
::: Does loop work with msdos file systems?
: It never has before,
Yes, it works.
::: ll_rw_block: device 07:00: only 1024-char blocks implemented (512)
: Apparently the loop-mounted filesystem has to have the same blocksize : as the underlying filesystem. I tried tweaking the code 6 months ago : but never got anywhere with it (ended up using mtools instead :-)
Yes, the present loop wants the same blocksize as the underlying file system. For Ted that was reasonable - he mainly thought of loop as a way to encrypt things (I think). But as it turns out loop is immensely useful to turn a file into a disk or filesystem, and for that use it is unnatural to require the block sizes to be the same. So, sooner or later that restriction will have to be removed. Fortunately, the msdos file system accepts the option "blocksize=1024", so you can also work with msdos file systems today.
Andries
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