Common loopback device commands. Useful for dealing with filesystems in a file.master
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# If an available /dev/loop device is | |||
# known before running the command | |||
# losetup /dev/loop0 floppy.img | |||
# Use the first available /dev/loopN device | |||
losetup -f floppy.img | |||
# Create the filesystem | |||
mkfs.xfs /dev/loop0 | |||
# Destroy loopback device | |||
losetup -d /dev/loop0 | |||
# Mount the loopback image | |||
mount -o loop -t xfs floppy.img /mnt |