[TriLUG] Question from a basic linux user

[James c. Jones]

Andrew,

Thanks. I will check it out in the morning. Time for a little dream time.

jcj

Andrew Perrin wrote:
> A pretty good tutorial is offered here:
>
> http://edseek.com/~jasonb/articles/linux_loopback.html
>
> Essentially what you need to do is mount the file as if it were a device; 
> that requires the use of the "loopback" device.
>
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> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
> Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
>
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, James c. Jones wrote:
>
>   
>> Kevin,
>>
>> I am new at this. What did I do wrong? I created a new subject line is
>> that not a new thread??
>>
>> As indicated, I am new to a lot of the things that some of you more
>> experienced user just know instinctively. Please give me a little
>> guidance on this thread issue, plus my original question if you know
>> anything about it.
>>
>> jcj
>>
>> Kevin Hunter wrote:
>>     
>>> Please think of those who search the archives after-the-fact: start a
>>> new thread by starting a new thread, not by replying to a different thread.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> James c. Jones wrote, On 01/22/2008 11:20 PM:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Good Evening all,
>>>>
>>>> I have an hard drive image file created by dd. I would like to view
>>>> what's in this file and perhaps extract just a few items before
>>>> disposing of it.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a program, script, etc that would do that?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> jcj
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>       
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