On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 10:31:30PM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> Block devices
>
> Subject : loop devices limited to one single device
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/16/229
> Submitter : Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@xxxxxx>
> Status : Unknown
>> The patch against loop.c is neither a fix, nor does it create
>> loop devices on demand:
It does. In kernel memory.
>> Facts are instead, at least on my machine:
>> The number of available loop devices is reduced from 8 (conventional
>> standard of preceding 2.6 kernels) to 1.
>> The consequence is: If you have to mount more than one single iso-image
>> with
>> the loop parameter you are receiving the following message during system
>> boot:
>> "mount: could not find any free loop device"
I suggest to read mknod(1) manpage.