----- Original Message ----- From: "Binand Raj S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 12:05:06 +0530 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIH]Unable to mount *.iso file
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:19:01PM +0800, animesh bansriyar wrote: > > You will then be able to mount upto eight loopback devices on your system... > > Well, no such limit exists on modern kernels. > > On our LAN FTP server, I loop mount *all* ISOs of RedHat from 7.2 onwards, > not to mention a bunch of others (each of the RedHat versions ships with > 6 iso images). > > modprobe loop max_loop=32 Thanks for this....Actually the way i used to mount more than 8 loop devices is by changing the max_loop value inside the kernel source and then recompiling > BTW, they are loop devices, not loopback devices (which is a TCP/IP > networking concept. :) Thanks again, I just overtyped... Regards, Animesh NeoLinux Solutions, Ranchi -- ______________________________________________ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with POP3/IMAP access for only US$19.95/yr Powered by Outblaze ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
