Re: Strange /dev/loop behavior

From: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams (ignacio@openservices.net)
Date: Fri Sep 14 2001 - 14:21:05 EST

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On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Byron Stanoszek wrote:

> 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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