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GNU/Dizzy <dizzy@roedu.net> writes:

> How about mounting the big volume somewhere and using -o bind to mount 
> some paths within it in different places of your needs ? I know that -o 
> bind doesnt honor -o ro yet but if you really needed maybe you can make a 
> patch for that, I for one would be very interested about that.

Herbert Poetzl's bind mount extensions should fit the bill here.
I am unsure of the current status of the patches, though.