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Bralkein

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Registered: 2004-10-26

Posts: 354

No loopback devices (/dev/loop#)[solved]

Hi,

I seem to be missing the /dev/loop0, /dev/loop1, etc. devices. This means that when I try to mount a filesystem image to a folder (with -o loop) mount complains about the missing loopback devices and the mount fails. Does anyone else have the same problem? Does this need to be reported? Thanks in advance.

edit: I found the problem myself. Sorry!

Last edited by Bralkein (2008-06-01 22:07:25)

hokasch

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Registered: 2007-09-23

Posts: 1,461

Re: No loopback devices (/dev/loop#)[solved]

would you mind explaining how you got it to work? I have the same problem. thanks

sirocco

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Registered: 2008-03-10

Posts: 149

Re: No loopback devices (/dev/loop#)[solved]

as root:
modprobe loop

bender02

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: No loopback devices (/dev/loop#)[solved]

Or add 'loop' to the MODULES files in /etc/rc.conf. It has been explained on the frontpage news when the new kernel hit the core repo, and discussed a few times on the forums.

hokasch

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Registered: 2007-09-23

Posts: 1,461

Re: No loopback devices (/dev/loop#)[solved]

thanks, must have missed this...

digitally404

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Registered: 2013-11-24

Posts: 14

Re: No loopback devices (/dev/loop#)[solved]

@sirocco:
That solution is great and works... but only temporarily.

In order for the system to boot with the loopback devices permanently, just add a file called loopback-dev.conf under /etc/modules-load.d/ with the following contents:

loop

(Source https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_modules)

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

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Re: No loopback devices (/dev/loop#)[solved]

Please don't necrobump: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.27

Closing

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