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Re: Mounting a file as a filesystem



Scott Barker said:
> mount -t ext2 /path/to/file /mount/point

oops. That should be

mount -o loop -t ext2 /path/to/file /mount/point

And, don't forget to make sure that the loop devices have been created:

cd /dev
./MAKEDEV loop

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