Hello: I am from a developing country, where bandwidth is NOT something easy to get. For disk space saving reason, I am currently mounting CD images through /dev/loopX. Thus, the /etc/fstab looks something like this (where XX is a longer path):
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /XX/cd-image/Mandrake82-cd1-inst.i586.iso /XX/8.2/disk1 iso9660 ro,loop=/dev/loop0 0 0 /XX/cd-image/Mandrake82-cd2-ext.i586.iso /XX/8.2/disk2 iso9660 ro,loop=/dev/loop1 0 0 /XX/cd-image/Mandrake82-cd3-supp.i586.iso /XX/8.2/disk3 iso9660 ro,loop=/dev/loop2 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instead of mirroring the bulky DEBIAN pool, I have a plan to do the same thing for the woody images. Unfortunately, there are only eight /dev/loop devices. Questions: - Is there any way to add more loop devices? - If yes, may I know which kernel parameter to alter? - Also, may I know how much the limit is? thank you. -- Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim -- vLSM.org -- http://rms46.vLSM.org -- === Debian Does Dallas: http://wmbr.mit.edu/shows/ddd/ ========= -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
