> Is there any known method of copying/compressing the loopback-mounted file-
> system that always guarantees consistency after a sync, without requiring the
> fs to be unmounted first?
Try mounting the loop device synchronously (mount ... -o sync).
-- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>
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