[Linux-disciples] The loop device

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 12:03:36PM -0500, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> Normally the loopback module is loaded when needed--e.g., when you 
> mount a loopback device.
> 
> mount -o loop someimage.iso /mnt/target

Yeah, that's what you'd think, but that's not the way it
works under Ubuntu. I tried to mount a device with the '-o
loop' option, and got an error that 'mount' couldn't find
any files matching /dev/loop#. I modprobed 'loop', and it
worked fine.

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Stephen R. Laniel
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