Re: "could not find a spare loop device"

On Mon, Nov 11 '02 at 07:31, Jules Hummon wrote:
> mount -t loop /mnt/hda/system/usr.extended /usr/extended
>
> but it comes back with "could not find a spare loop device".
> I note in /dev that there are no /dev/loop devices.
ipkg install loopback-modules-2.4.18-rmk3
modprobe loop

and you've loopback devices. the current version of familiar (back till
at last v0.5.0) uses devfs, so there is no need to create entries in
/dev.

You might want to update the wiki ;-)

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