Re: Loop device

[Joshua Spoerri]

this is especially the case if the new implementation allows using loop
for the root filesystem. (that allows, for instance, booting linux from
a couple of files on a dos drive.)

On Wed, Dec 03, 1997 at 08:36:06PM -0500, C. Scott Ananian wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Dec 1997 Evan Jeffrey <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> > What are the chances of Andrew Milesk's enhanced and modularized loop driver
> > making it into 2.2.  If he thinks it is ready for prime time, I think it
> > should go in.  IMO, it is a big improvement in elegance and functionality
> > over the current version.
> 
> I'll second this.  I think kernel inclusion would be a big push to
> getting proper support included in mount(8) by default, too.
> Encrypted filesystems are one of the big-win unique features of linux
> (at least until NT 5.0).
>  --Scott
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