Hi,
Richard Owlett wrote:
> IIRC there was a limit on the number of loop devices created {8?}.
> Is there any default limit now?
That would be
man losetup
and
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
The former seems to tell no limitation.
The latter lists "loopback d
On 05/15/2021 07:18 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Hi,
Richard Owlett wrote:
I don't grok loop devices. [...]
Also the article I read evidently took advantage of "mount" being able to
loop mount without the loop option being explicitly referenced.
Yes. mount is smart enough to see that your "devic
Hi,
Richard Owlett wrote:
> I don't grok loop devices. [...]
> Also the article I read evidently took advantage of "mount" being able to
> loop mount without the loop option being explicitly referenced.
Yes. mount is smart enough to see that your "device" is a data file and
that it has to use a l
On 05/12/2021 02:05 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I've seen a reference to using the ISO file of DVDnn in a sources.list .
I remember that it gets identified as being ISO9660 and labeled as
trusted, But I can't find a detailed example. All I find are references
to unpacking the iso to a directory w
Hi,
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> In practice, queuing up a few mount/umount/eject commands and then runnng
> the apt-get install commands or whatever by using an up arrow command to
> repeat wasn't a problem.
How did you work around the tray loading bug ?
The Linux kernel lost the ability to wait
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 05:34:43PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:53:28PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...]
> > My question: it does operate on the (already mounted) .iso image, right?
> > Or does it do the (loopback and) mounting on its own?
> >
> No, it relies
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:53:28PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 03:47:34PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>
> Hi, Andrew
>
> thanks for chiming in
>
> > If you _really_ want to have one .iso to mount - this is where the 16G .iso
> > or the BluRay sized disks help - o
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 03:47:34PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
Hi, Andrew
thanks for chiming in
> If you _really_ want to have one .iso to mount - this is where the 16G .iso
> or the BluRay sized disks help - one image that holds a larger chunk of the
> whole archive.
Yes, one big .iso see
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 03:32:31PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:42:57AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Somebody has written on the general topic but what I had seen was
> > not in the debian.org hierarchy. What I had seen accommodated
> > multiple ISO9
On Thu 13 May 2021 at 10:03:37 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 05/13/2021 08:32 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:42:57AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Somebody has written on the general topic but what I had seen was
> > > not in the debian.org
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 10:03:37AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
> It's _loop_ mounting of _each_ ISO I wish to avoid.
Again, glad to be proven wrong. But /if/ the iso file system image
is lying around as a file in a mounted file system, I don't see a
way around a loop device to actually mo
On 05/13/2021 08:32 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:42:57AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
Somebody has written on the general topic but what I had seen was
not in the debian.org hierarchy. What I had seen accommodated
multiple ISO9660 DVD images in a single director
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:42:57AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
> Somebody has written on the general topic but what I had seen was
> not in the debian.org hierarchy. What I had seen accommodated
> multiple ISO9660 DVD images in a single directory without using loop
> mounting. Once found I
On 05/13/2021 05:42 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Hi,
tomas wrote:
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList#CD-ROM
Richard Owlett wrote:
But I have an iso file on a disk drive -- be it internal HDD or a USB flash
drive.
tomas wrote:
And now this is for you:
"You can use -d for the directory
Hi,
tomas wrote:
> > > [1] https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList#CD-ROM
Richard Owlett wrote:
> > But I have an iso file on a disk drive -- be it internal HDD or a USB flash
> > drive.
tomas wrote:
> And now this is for you:
> "You can use -d for the directory of the CD-ROM mount point
>or a
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 04:35:38AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 05/12/2021 02:44 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...]
> >This wiki [1] suggests using apt-cdrom to do the magic for you
> >[1] https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList#CD-ROM
[...]
> But I have an iso file on a disk drive -- be it in
On 05/12/2021 03:06 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
On Wed, 12 May, 2021 at 14:05:59 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I've seen a reference to using the ISO file of DVDnn in a sources.list .
I remember that it gets identified as being ISO9660 and labeled as trusted,
But I can't find a detailed example. All
On 05/12/2021 02:44 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 02:05:59PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I've seen a reference to using the ISO file of DVDnn in a sources.list .
I remember that it gets identified as being ISO9660 and labeled as
trusted, But I can't find a detailed example
On Wed, 12 May, 2021 at 14:05:59 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I've seen a reference to using the ISO file of DVDnn in a sources.list .
> I remember that it gets identified as being ISO9660 and labeled as trusted,
> But I can't find a detailed example. All I find are references to unpacking
> the
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 02:05:59PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I've seen a reference to using the ISO file of DVDnn in a sources.list .
> I remember that it gets identified as being ISO9660 and labeled as
> trusted, But I can't find a detailed example. All I find are
> references to unpacking th
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