writing a loopback device

ebh1 · 03-12-2004, 04:42 PM

I am definietly a newbie when it comes to kernel hacking. I need to write a loopback device that uses a file as the underlying block device. It sounds simple enough, but I am having trouble getting started. Can anyone point me in the right direction just so I can get started?

neilcpp · 03-12-2004, 05:00 PM

Im not able to help you with your query. But if i were trying to do what your trying to do, i would post to the kernel developers mailing list as your question is probably on topic there.

I think the url is http://vger.kernel.org/

synapse · 03-12-2004, 05:12 PM

Hi
you could try as root

dd if=/dev/zero of=~/block_file count=1440 bs=1024 #creates block device os size 1440Megs
losetup /dev/loop0 ~/block_file # sets up loopback
mke2fs /dev/loop0 #formats filesystem
mkdir ~/block_dir #creates mount point
mount /dev/loop0 ~/block_dir #mounts directory as block device
then continue to work in the mounted directory

this should work
cheers