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> > Hint: Create a bunch of files (say four 8MB ones) with "dd"", and use
> > the loop device to make them look like block devices. Format them,
> > and play with them :-) I don't recommend you put them on a fs you
> > are afraid to use (just being paranoid).
>
> The problem is that this code is what you will be using for your
> regular file system access, so, if I introduced a bug in the generic
> code, well, uhm, ahem, you will suffer the problems of this as well:-)

No kidding...hence my warning about being paranoid. The idea of
using the loop device was to avoid having to re-partition for
testing purposes.

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