Re: cygwin mount loopback

[Erik Hahn]

On 2008-09-29, peter <cmk...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 9月29日, 上午1時00分, Douglas Mayne <d...@localhost.localnet> wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:13:25 -0600, Douglas Mayne wrote:
>> > On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:36:39 +0800, Peter wrote:
>>
>> >> Hi
>> >> Cygwin cannot mount loopback device, please help
>> >> thanks
>> >> from Peter (cmk...@hotmail.com)
>>
>> > I found this link:
>> >http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-04/msg00581.html
>>
>> > Cygwin is good for some things, but it's no substitute for the _real_
>> > thing. BTW, virtualization provides an environment where a close variant
>> > to the real thing can exist. I guess these are your options:
>>
>> > 1. Live with losetup.
>> > 2. Use virtualization.
>> > 3. Dual boot.
>> > 4. Use dedicated hardware.
>>
>> Oops...I meant
>>
>> 1. Live _without_ losetup.
>
> losetup is not available in cygwin too :(

What do you need it for? Maybe there's a Windows tool to do that (I know
there are at least tools for mounting ISO images)

-Erik

Follow-up to comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc

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