The first time I want to mount a loopback device (like an iso) after a reboot I need to modprobe loop - it works consistently after that.
I am sure that I never used to have to do that modprobe, the module was loaded either on boot or automagically when needed. I am unsure when it changed, but pretty sure it was at a kernel change. present kernel is 2.6.11-gentoo-r2 -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
