Using a loopback would work fine for a read/write filesystem. I do that all the time.
Maybe I read too much into it, but if I understood the original poster, he was looking for mounting a loop device/file, writing to it to create a file in ISO format that could be burned as-is into a useable CD or DVD. This is where I think there would be a problem. I doubt you can expect a useable ISO image after regular reads/writes/copy to and from the loop back image file. Boy, would I like to be wrong on this... I'd love to be able to do it. Knut Meidal -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Kugler Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 4:18 PM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to ISO image? 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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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
