Comment by aaronmdjones 1 year ago https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/ext4/index.html 6 comments aaronmdjones Reply zymhan 1 year ago A filesystem is not a disk image. n_plus_1_acc 1 year ago If it quaks like a disk image, it is a disk image duskwuff 1 year ago A filesystem is not a file.(Yes, you can store a filesystem in a file - and that's a trivial sort of disk image, but one with some serious drawbacks like "you have to allocate all of the space up front". We can do better.) 1 reply → zymhan 1 year ago What?
zymhan 1 year ago A filesystem is not a disk image. n_plus_1_acc 1 year ago If it quaks like a disk image, it is a disk image duskwuff 1 year ago A filesystem is not a file.(Yes, you can store a filesystem in a file - and that's a trivial sort of disk image, but one with some serious drawbacks like "you have to allocate all of the space up front". We can do better.) 1 reply → zymhan 1 year ago What?
n_plus_1_acc 1 year ago If it quaks like a disk image, it is a disk image duskwuff 1 year ago A filesystem is not a file.(Yes, you can store a filesystem in a file - and that's a trivial sort of disk image, but one with some serious drawbacks like "you have to allocate all of the space up front". We can do better.) 1 reply → zymhan 1 year ago What?
duskwuff 1 year ago A filesystem is not a file.(Yes, you can store a filesystem in a file - and that's a trivial sort of disk image, but one with some serious drawbacks like "you have to allocate all of the space up front". We can do better.) 1 reply →
A filesystem is not a disk image.
If it quaks like a disk image, it is a disk image
A filesystem is not a file.
(Yes, you can store a filesystem in a file - and that's a trivial sort of disk image, but one with some serious drawbacks like "you have to allocate all of the space up front". We can do better.)
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What?