[Linux-disciples] The loop device

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 12:03:36PM -0500, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> I only have an 'intuitive' understanding of the loopback device, which 
> is basically that it is used to simulate an external device that is 
> really just provided by the kernel/software itself.

All the web surfing I've done has only explained that the
loopback device turns an ordinary file into a block device.
Easy enough. But can someone explain what's looping back,
and what it's looping back *to*?

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