<h1>In summary</h1>
<ul>
-<li> Loop mounts — don't do much.
+<li> Loop mounts — limited to files.
<li> Loop mounts with NBD and nbdkit — infinitely flexible.
<li> Lots of plugins, or write your own.
<li> Filesystem development and testing.
<li> Bridge between proprietary disk storage/hypervisors, and
the free world.
+<li> <span class="warning">⚠</span> Dangerous with untrusted disks — use libguestfs instead.
</ul>
<h2>Get it</h2>
<ul>
-<li> nbdkit ≥ 1.8.1 now available in all major Linux distros.
+<li> nbdkit ≥ 1.8.1 available in major Linux distros.
+<li> nbd client ≥ 3.18 and kernel ≥ 4.18 recommended.
<li> FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Haiku also supported as a server <small>(but
those don't have kernel loop clients)</small>.
-<li> nbd client ≥ 3.18 and kernel ≥ 4.18 recommended.
<li> <a href="https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit">https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit</a>
<li> This talk: <a href="http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs-talks.git">http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs-talks.git</a>
<li> Presentation software: Tech Talk PSE 1.2
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