Cowloop Cowloop driver is a copy-on-write loop driver (block device) to be used on top of any other block driver.
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Cowloop driver is a copy-on-write loop driver (block device) to be used on top of any other block driver. Cowloop driver is a copy-on-write loop driver (block device) to be used on top of any other block driver. The cowloop driver shields the lower driver from any write accesses. Instead, it diverts all write-accesses to an arbitrary regular file. The cowloop driver has been developed for ATmission, the Linux Live-CD of AT Consultancy.The authors deny any warranty for any data loss and damage whatsoever that may be caused directly or indirectly by using this software. This is experimental software. Use at your own risk.This software is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 2, as stated in the source code.What's New in This Release:· The driver went through an extensive redesign and upgrade.· Several new management utilities were added, based on new driver IOCTLs.· An important bugfix cures the (sometimes occurring) 'Scheduling while atomic' problem.· Greatly improved manual pages were added.

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