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Document loop device support

Open yaitskov opened this issue 7 months ago • 2 comments

I checked docs and haven't found answer whether ltfs works with Linux loop devices. I don't have a physical tape device.

yaitskov avatar Jun 28 '25 02:06 yaitskov

Hello, we would like to know why would you want to use Loop Devices with LTFS?

vandelvan avatar Jun 30 '25 20:06 vandelvan

No, LTFS does not support the loop back device, because the loop back device is a kind of emulation of the disk.

But you can use tape emulation on a directory through the file backend. See https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs/wiki/The-file-backend.

piste-jp avatar Jun 30 '25 22:06 piste-jp