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Storing a filesystem in a file using vn(4)
Posted May 18, 2003

Create 100 megabyte filesystem, stored in /home/test.ufs, mounted at /mnt

time dd </dev/zero >/home/test.ufs bs=1000000 count=100
(cd /dev && sh MAKEDEV vn1)
vnconfig -s labels -c /dev/vn1c /home/test.ufs
disklabel -r -w vn1 auto
newfs /dev/vn1c
mount /dev/vn1c /mnt