From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 2 21:52:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C8A37B401 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:52:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from thor.65535.net (thor.65535.net [65.214.160.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABC9043FA3 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:52:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rghf@fsck.me.uk) Received: from thor ([65.214.160.96] helo=localhost) by thor.65535.net with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 190xe9-0005EN-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2003 06:52:21 +0100 Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 06:52:21 +0100 (BST) From: Rus Foster To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030403064854.C3898@thor.65535.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Loopback filesystem support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 05:52:20 -0000 Hi All, Does FreeBSD have any support for loopback filesystems. i.e. I mean being able to mount a file as a filesystem ala Linux. Googling didn't chuck back much and the nearest I found was mount_null. Is it possible? Rgds Rus -- www: http://www.65535.net | "More bits for your byte" community: http://www.65535.org | MSNM: support@65535.net e: rghf@65535.net | Hosting - Shell Accounts t: +44 (0) 7092016595 | Virtual Servers