can you try modprobe loop
Tuesday 08 October 2002 10:30 pm, s wrote: > On Tuesday 08 October 2002 08:47 pm, Lorne wrote: > > Is this an oversite or has someone made an executive decision to > > remove the ability to do a mount -l loop from the kernel? I'll > > admit I've had an occasion to need it until yesterday, but guess > > what? 9.0 on my box does NOT have /dev/loop? of any sort. If I > > understand correctly, this means I have to recompile the kernel. It > > is about as fast to install Redhat on a box as it is to recompile > > the kernel. It isn't that big of a deal, but if older versions have > > it, why doesn't 9.0? Anybody know? > > naw, it's possible cuz my 9.0 will do it. > > [root@tuxmachine]:s$ mount /mnt/hd/Mandrake82-cd2-ext.i586.iso -o loop > /mnt/loop > [root@tuxmachine]:s$ cd /mnt/loop > [root@tuxmachine]:loop$ ls > isolinux/ Mandrake/ > [root@tuxmachine]:loop$ ls /dev/loop* -hal > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Oct 8 21:18 /dev/loop0 -> > loop/0 > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Oct 8 21:18 /dev/loop1 -> > loop/1 > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Oct 8 21:18 /dev/loop2 -> > loop/2 > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Oct 8 21:18 /dev/loop3 -> > loop/3 > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Oct 8 21:18 /dev/loop4 -> > loop/4 > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Oct 8 21:18 /dev/loop5 -> > loop/5 > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Oct 8 21:18 /dev/loop6 -> > loop/6 > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6 Oct 8 21:18 /dev/loop7 -> > loop/7 > > not much help, but at least you know it's not the kernel as I'm > running stock mdk kernel. :) > -s
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