[lug] q: late allocation for file backed filesystem

[Chan Kar Heng]

Many many thanks Will! Looks exactly like what I'm looking for!
Now I have a better option to use Linux at work via this & coLinux.
Was earlier constrained as I could only have dynamic volumes via VMWare.

Best regards,

KarHeng

On 2011-07-05 20:33, Will wrote:
> All you need to do is create a sparse file to hold your file system.
> http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/664
>
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Kar Heng Chan <chankarheng at gmail.com
> <mailto:chankarheng at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Tried searching but didn't manage to find much info...
>
>     I asked some months back & learnt that it's possible to use a file
>     as a file system.
>     ie: /tmp/myfs can be mounted & formatted to ext2fs, hold some files,
>     etc.
>     /tmp/myfs would be created using dd, so that it has a fixed size.
>
>     Am wondering if it's possible to do late file size allocation (ala
>     VMWare)?
>
>     Thanks & best regards,
>
>     KarHeng
>
>
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