Hello,

I have dd'd my LVM (8e) partition off a disk and sent it compressed to another 
machine (to save disk space):
dd if=/dev/sda2 | gzip -c | (ssh [email protected] dd of=/backups/lvm.dat.gz

So I have this 50G compressed file. If I need to mount it I could use the 
losetup command on a loop device, but its a compressed file and lvm play ball.

Then I saw the cloop device listed on a Wikipedia page, which is the loop 
device 
for compressed files! Voila!

Im just wondering if anyone has used the cloop kernel driver on RHEL 5.4? 

If so, where can I get the source code that hasn't been Debian-ised?

The Debian port of the code generates an error when compiling on RHEL 5.4..: 
Some of the functions in the code dont have enough parameters in them????

Im using cloop-src(2.05~20060829-1.2)  
http://packages.debian.org/stable/cloop-src



OR maybe someone knows another way to crack the nut...

Thanks,
James Harrison



      
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