[Linux-disciples] The loop device

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> 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.

Odd.  Maybe this is a bug in /etc/modutils/aliases, or one of the 
other modprobe/modutils config files.  Maybe try comparing said file 
with its Debian equivalent; and if you discover a bug file it against 
Ubuntu.
-- 
Adam Rosi-Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
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