dd if=/dev/zero bs=1k count=1 seek=`expr 1024 \* 4096` of=image.bin As root: losetup /dev/loop7 image.bin
Then you can access that as a drive (partition with fdisk, etc). I'm not sure of the specifics of mounting, etc, but googling for loopback should get you going. j----- k----- On Monday 15 August 2005 15:25, Joe Stump wrote: > Is this possible? Are there any docs showing how to do this? > > --Joe > > On Aug 15, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Joshua Kugler wrote: > > What about using a loopback? > > > > j----- k----- > > > > On Monday 15 August 2005 14:20, Joe Stump wrote: > >> This is sort like something I was thinking about. It would pretty > >> much kick ass if I could mount -t bacula /path/to/fullbackup. As in a > >> Linux file system driver or something for bacula volumes. > >> > >> --Joe > >> > >> On Aug 15, 2005, at 3:10 PM, Chris Lee wrote: > >>> I know that there has been a lot of work on backup to DVD, though I > >>> haven't > >>> looked very closely at it before. It has recently occurred to me > >>> that I > >>> might like to backup some of my data to dvd, but I don't know if I > >>> want to > >>> purchase another dvd writer for my storage machine. If it isn't > >>> already > >>> possible, may I request a feature addition with which CD/DVD > >>> backups can be > >>> performed but instead of writing to CD or DVD only an ISO image is > >>> made > >>> which can be burned later or on another machine? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Chris > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------- > >>> SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > >>> September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > >>> Practices > >>> Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * > >>> Testing & QA > >>> Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/ > >>> bsce5sf > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Bacula-users mailing list > >>> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > >> > >> -- > >> Joseph C. Stump > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://www.joestump.net > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > >> September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > >> Practices > >> Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * > >> Testing & QA > >> Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/ > >> bsce5sf > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Bacula-users mailing list > >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > -- > > Joshua Kugler > > CDE System Administrator > > http://distance.uaf.edu/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > > Practices > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * > > Testing & QA > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/ > > bsce5sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- > Joseph C. Stump > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.joestump.net > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Joshua Kugler CDE System Administrator http://distance.uaf.edu/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
