[ALUG] Backup solutions for "not very linux" server destinat

(Ted Harding) ted.harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk
Wed Nov 21 13:27:46 GMT 2007


On 21-Nov-07 13:18:39, Chris G wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 01:01:08PM +0000, Chris G wrote:
>> 
>> I had tried "lofs linux howto" and didn't get much useful.  It seems
>> that loopback is the key word rather than lofs.
>> 
> It turns out that 'man losetup' tells you just about all you need to
> know about this.  Just what I need.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Green

And who (not already knowing) would have suspected that?!

Prior to googling, I had tried

  apropos loopback

and drew a blank. I should have tried

  apropos loop

Gives you a lot of other stuff, but losetup is also in there!

Best wishes,
Ted.

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