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Re: loopback on block device

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:53:57 -0500, Lei Yang
<lya755@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here is a question for loopback device. As far as I understand,  the
> loopback device is used to mount files as if they were block devices.

No. It's designed to massage block devices but can also work with
files - commonly it's necessary to use a loopback device to
transparently encrypt data heading for another.

Jon.

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