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  • curprev 16:0616:06, 3 November 2025‎ Helpful talk contribs‎ 4,001 bytes +4,001‎ Created page with "{{#addbodyclass:tag_tech}} {{ShellsAndAdmin}} ==Loop devices== A loop device uses a file and presents a block device. As the OS is used to thinking only about block devices as containing filesystem, you need loop devices when you want to mount a filesystem that is stored in a file, be it : an encrypted filesystem-in-a-file, : images of a hard drive, CD, DVD, floppy, or such Loop devices on various systems: * In linux, the devices are /dev/loop0 and so on. Manageme..."
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