Re: looped root filesystem

Andrew E. Mileski (aem@netcom.ca)
Thu, 14 Aug 1997 23:09:48 -0400 (EDT)

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> The only downfall of this is that the root filesystem is a set file size
> and I don't know of any Linux utilities that can change it's size as free
> space requirements change. Anyone familiar with the looped FS able to
> write up a shrink/grow program?

Hmm...my new losetup allows you to set the size. WHould this do the trick?

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