Hi, Chad and Doria Skinner wrote: > > I deleted my folder of cool stuff by mistake and lost the thread on how to > do this. IIRC linux has 16 loopback devices does increasing this to 32 > require a recompile of the kernel or can you specify the number as a > parameter upon boot.
http://www.linux.com/howto/CDServer-HOWTO/kerneltweak.html create more than 8 loopdevices for i in `seq 9 255`; do mknod -m 660 "/dev/loop${i}" b 7 $i; done chown root.disk /dev/loop* activate them: see: /usr/src/linux/drivers/block/loop.c /* [..] * Maximum number of loop devices when compiled-in now selectable by passing * max_loop=<1-255> to the kernel on boot. * Erik I. Bolsų, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Oct 31, 1999 regards Thorsten Strusch _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
