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# 1  
Old 11-04-2010
How to create ext3 filesystem on regular file?
After doing something like:

dd if=/dev/zero of=ext3.img bs=1024 count=1048576

I'd like to put an ext3 filesystem on ext3.img. What should I run? Thanks
# 2  
Old 11-04-2010
Either
Code:
mkfs -t ext3 ext3.img

, or
Code:
mkfs -t ext3 $( losetup -sf ext3.img )

The second version will bind the image file to a loopback device which can be used like any other device.
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Old 11-04-2010
EDIT: Alright nevermind though I still had a problem but I didn't. Thanks
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