Bug 147906 - Need to mount more that 8 iso images on Production server
Summary: Need to mount more that 8 iso images on Production server
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: module-init-tools
Version: 3
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-02-12 14:38 UTC by Stephen Lockley
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:52 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-02-14 18:44:33 UTC
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Description Stephen Lockley 2005-02-12 14:38:49 UTC
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Description of problem:
I need to mount more that 8 iso images on a production server so that
people on the LAN can use them.

The error message is mount: could not find any free loop device

dmesg | grep loop

loop: loaded (max 8 devices)

modinfo loop
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.741_FC3/kernel/drivers/block/loop.ko
parm:           max_loop:Maximum number of loop devices (1-256)
license:        GPL
alias:          block-major-7-*
vermagic:       2.6.10-1.741_FC3 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4
depends:
srcversion:     C7DA7AB66C05B09B2C38ECF


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mount

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Mount more that 8 iso images
2.
3.
    

Actual Results:  mount: could not find any free loop device

Expected Results:  Able to mount iso images

Additional info:

uname -r
2.6.10-1.741_FC3

If not fixed in fc3 will it be fixed in fc4

Comment 1 Florian La Roche 2005-02-13 12:26:37 UTC
Works for me by changing the option of the kernel module to
have more loop devices and reloading the kernel module.

Comment 2 Stephen Lockley 2005-02-13 13:26:21 UTC
Could you please commands you used?

TIA

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2005-02-14 18:44:33 UTC
Add 'options loop max_loop=<some number greater than 8>' to
/etc/modprobe.conf.


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