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Originally Posted by geekmaster
Although losetup does work, it may be simpler to just use mount and umount as described in many posts in many threads.
Adding losetup to the mix will just confuse people.
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Running fsck on a mounted filesystem is much more likely to corrupt the filesystem.
I woud go for a description of the pitfalls in both choices, let the user shoot themselves in their own choice of foot (left or right). Much better than making the choice for the end-user without mention that alternatives exist.