cvs commit: src/sbin/mdconfig mdconfig.8

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Saturday 19 May 2007 06:11, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 01:57:17PM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > keramida    2007-05-18 13:57:17 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository (doc committer)
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sbin/mdconfig        mdconfig.8
> >   Log:
> >   Add an example which shows how mdconfig(8) can be used
> >   to mount an ISO 9660 CD image file.
> >
> >   PR:             112691
> >   Submitted by:   Warren Block, wblock at wonkity.com
> >   MFC after:      3 days
>
> An interesting trick is that bsdtar can read ISO files without
> needing to mount them - I wonder if a cross-reference is appropriate.

Also it respects hardlinks, it's great for extracting a release CD so 
you can modify it without blowing the size out.

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