Bug#536493: ITP: xmount -- tool to crossmount between multiple input and output image files

[Jens Seidel <jensseidel@users.sf.net>]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 02:19:01PM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:
>   Description     : tool to crossmount between multiple input and output image files
> 
>   xmount allows you to convert on-the-fly between multiple
>   input and output image types. xmount creates a virtual file

Reading "image" I assumed pictures and wondered why a filesystem
representation is provided. It's not impossible, there could be for
each image transformation (filter) a preview to visualise the filter
so it makes sense.

But you do not mean this, right? I suggest to use "system image",
"filesystem image" or something like this to avoid confusion.

>   system using FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) that contains a
>   virtual representation of the input image. The virtual
>   representation can be in raw DD or in VirtualBox's virtual
>   disk file format. Input images can be raw DD or EWF (Expert
>   Witness Compression Format).  In addition, xmount also
>   supports virtual write access to the output files that is
>   redirected to a cache file. This makes it for example
>   possible to use VirtualBox to boot an OS contained in a
>   read-only EWF image.