04 July 2015

Unix tricks: Create a Portable Drive

Unix Tricks: Create a Portable Drive

Create a Portable Drive
unix tricks

Unix Tricks

• Create a blank file of 256 MB :
dd if=/dev/zero of=~/portable.drive bs=1M count=256

• Create an ext4  filesystem within the file:
mkfs -t ext4 ~/portable.drive
you can replace ext4 with ext2, ext3, vfat, msdos, minix etc.

• Create a mount point:
mkdir ~/mnt/

• Mount the File/Drive:
sudo mount -t ext4 ~/portable.drive ~/mnt/
  ••Now you can browse the drive••

• Unmount the drive:
sudo umount ~/mnt/

    Advantages
  • Easy to carry files stored in one container.
  • Good for hiding data and files from plain sight.if you share your computer with others
  • Usable across unix System.
    Disadvantages
  • No security or encryption set/applied.
  • Cannot be viewed, opened in Windows natively.


note:
The file created by this method can only be open and read by unix and unix-like system. Natively Windows cannot open this kind of file. but its possible to open it with Cywin
software.

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