Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 16:56:39 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Xun Wilson Huang <wilson@ensim.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Help: mount disk.img as file system? Message-ID: <XFMail.990528165639.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <374E45A6.B5682AC5@ensim.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 28-May-99 Xun Wilson Huang wrote: > Suppose I have a disk image of some sort ( floppy or I do a "dd > /dev/hda1 > disk.img" ), How can I mount it as part of my file system? I > would like to do something like > > mount -t diskimage disk.img /mnt > > and then being able to play with files under /mnt? > > This would be a nice thing to have if I want to say rescue a disk or > partition on this virtual thing first before playing with fire. Or > seeing how well a defraqmentation prog works. > > Is there such thing avail on FreeBSD? Yes, you need to use the vnode device (look in LINT) Try vnconfig vn0 disk.img mount /dev/vn0c /mnt --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?XFMail.990528165639.doconnor>