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Subject: File backed, rather than device backed, UFS filesystem Was - Re:
	Removable drives
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On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 08:43 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
[snip]

> Another option is to use the raw device.  For things like backups,
> this works well, because you can just direct the output of tar
> directly to the device.  Or pass it through compression and encryption
> filters on the way.
> 

I wonder if there is a way to do a file backed UFS filesystem with the
file on an MS-DOS partition. That may be a way to go.

-- chris