11-19-2005
I Think I Found the Answer
The following site:
Redhat Forum
Posits the same question. It would appear that the answer lies in the fact that a loop filesystem needs a file that is on a real block device in order to be reliably mounted. So it looks like I am stuck. I tried researching this before and found nothing, but I was looking for iso9660 related issues and not loop issues.
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
dxfileshare
dxfileshare(8) System Manager's Manual dxfileshare(8)
NAME
dxfileshare - Exports local directories and mounts directories from the network
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/X11/dxfileshare
DESCRIPTION
Use the File Sharing application, dxfileshare, to: Export (or share) local UNIX directories to the network Stop exporting UNIX local direc-
tories to the network Specify which directories mounted from the network are to be remounted every time the system is rebooted, that is,
add an entry to the /etc/fstab file Add, change, or delete NFS entries from the /etc/exports file Share local UNIX directories with a per-
sonal computer (PC) when Advanced Server for UNIX is installed on your system Display local directories that are shared (exported) with the
network Display network mounts (directories that can be mounted from the network)
The File Sharing application can also be invoked from the CDE Application Manager from the following categories:
Application Group: System_Admin
System Admin Subgroup: Daily Admin
Online help is available for the File Sharing application by clicking on any Help button or using the Help pull-down menu.
RESTRICTIONS
You must have root privileges to use certain features of File Sharing. Namely, the ability to export (or share) a directory or to modify
the properties of a directory that is already being exported.
You must have Advanced Server for UNIX installed on your system to share local directories with PCs.
FILES
Defaults that are shared by the graphical and command line user interface. File Sharing uses the same file as the Host Manager application.
File Sharing application File Sharing help volume Directory containing File Sharing application icons Application defaults file that sets
the default values for the X resources File Sharing message catalog Message catalog containing File Sharing location IDs for on-item help
i18n_motif_shared_text.cat
Message catalog containing application-independent messages i18n_motif_shared_text_LocIds.cat
Message catalog containing application-independent location IDs for on-item help
SEE ALSO
Commands: X(1X), automount(8), bcheckrc(8), mount(8), mountd(8), showmount(8), umount(8)
Functions: getfsstat(2), getmntinfo(3), getmntinfo_r(3), mount(2), mount(2sv), umount(2), umount(2sv), umount(3)
Files: exports(4), fstab(4), mountdtab(4)
Tru64 UNIX System Administration
ASU Installation and Administration Guide
ASU Concepts and Planning Guide
dxfileshare(8)