Re: UNIX sparse file support

"Peter T. Breuer" <[email protected]> Fri, 9 Dec 2005 17:21:12 +0100 (MET)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.enbd.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"Also sprach [email protected]:"
> Has anyone attempted to create and use a UNIX sparse file using E/NBD?
> 
> Did it work?

It would work ON an nbd device, because the handling is in the FS
layers, not the device drivers.

A sparse file as a server resource would likewise work, and be,
uh, interesting.

Peter