Re: [expert] mount -o loop mandrake 9.0

2002-10-16 Thread HoytDuff
On Tuesday 08 October 2002 10:26 pm, Barry Michels scribbled in crayon on a yellow legal pad: Well, Windows has a limit of 23 usable drive letters and I know of no way to mount an ISO to a directory like in Linux... Paragon CD Emulator. http://www.paragon-gmbh.com You have access to more than

Re: Re: [expert] mount -o loop mandrake 9.0

2002-10-09 Thread Todd Lyons
Lorne wrote on Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 10:09:51PM -0700 : Thanks for the replies guys. I'll try that at work. I guess it doesn't default loaded. I just checked my 8.2 box and it didn't have the /dev/loop either. I did a modprobe loop and bam... there they are, so it is much more simple than I

[expert] mount -o loop mandrake 9.0

2002-10-08 Thread Lorne
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

Re: [expert] mount -o loop mandrake 9.0

2002-10-08 Thread Barry Michels
hmmm, works on my 9.0 system. I've got 8 loop devices by default. At work, we have a bunch of ISO's of software everyone needs. Instead of keeping a library of CDs and letting them walk away, we just image a new CD and mount it. Well, Windows has a limit of 23 usable drive letters and I

Re: [expert] mount -o loop mandrake 9.0

2002-10-08 Thread s
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

Re: Re: [expert] mount -o loop mandrake 9.0

2002-10-08 Thread Salane King
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

Re: Re: [expert] mount -o loop mandrake 9.0

2002-10-08 Thread Lorne
Thanks for the replies guys. I'll try that at work. I guess it doesn't default loaded. I just checked my 8.2 box and it didn't have the /dev/loop either. I did a modprobe loop and bam... there they are, so it is much more simple than I anticipated. My guess is that it will work on the 9.0 box