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diff --git a/docs/patraulea.com_nbd-http.txt b/docs/patraulea.com_nbd-http.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c930c36 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/patraulea.com_nbd-http.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ + If you have NBD support enabled in your kernel, you can use this + to read a file over HTTP as a block device. The most obvious use + for me was (is) to mount ISO images without having to download + them entirely. If your linux distribution installer allows early + console access, you should be able to even install the OS from + a CD ISO over HTTP. + Sources are available [1]here. + To use it, compile (you need kernel headers and pthreads + installed), load the kernel module and run nbd-http: + make + modprobe nbd + ./nbd-http /dev/nbd0 http://mirror.org/file.iso + (and in another console:) + mount /dev/nbd0 /mnt/cdrom + Due to the nbd driver using the userland process to make block + requests, there is apparently no other way to stop the nbd + userland helper other than ``killlal -9 nbd-http''. + Feedback is welcome at reverse(moc.liamg@cojrah) - Harjoc Bogdan. + +References + + 1. https://patraulea.com/nbd-http/src/ |