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Re: [PLUG] /dev/loop/0 only once?
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Jeff:
It's been several years since I messed with /dev/loopN (and I was
mounting encrypted disk images) but I had no problems mounting
two at a time by using /dev/loop0 and /dev/loop1. What happens
if you try to mount it to the non-existent /dev/loop/1 ?
Eric
Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> I was surprised to find that I can only mount one ISO image at a time:
>
> # mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop/0 debian-cd-1.iso debian-cd-1
>
> Try that again without an intervening umount and I'm told device
> busy. E.g., I want to look at
>
> # mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop/0 debian-cd-2.iso debian-cd-2
>
> Sure enough, there's no /dev/loop/1, but why should I need it?
>
> I don't really need to do it, though it would be nice. But I'd really
> like to debug my understanding of mount. I thought this should work.
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