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
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