Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:15:34 -0500 From: Christopher Sean Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: File backed, rather than device backed, UFS filesystem Was - Re: Removable drives Message-ID: <1143645334.16112.26.camel@endaba.vindaloo.com> In-Reply-To: <447j6d1i42.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20060328232352.GA2765@dagobah.vindaloo.com> <447j6d1i42.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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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
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