Common loopback device commands. Useful for dealing with filesystems in a file.master
# 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 |