naming convention: loopX
I was particularly considering Klaus's /init script which relies on the
name "/dev/loop0" for knoppix-data, and the fact that earlier versions of
knoppix did not have the /dev/loop/ directory.
Regards,
Andrew
>
>
> --- On Thu, 7/21/11, cvevans <cvevans@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>> OTOH creating /dev/loop/1 to
>> /dev/loop/100 solves the mount failure,
>> and you have 100 loop devices without cluttering /dev.
>> as root:
>>
>> for i in `seq 1 100`; do mknod /dev/loop/$i b 7 $i; done
>>
>> cvevans
>>
>
> Oh no, everywhere the documentation has already use the /dev/loopX as the
> naming convention, are we going to go "reverse gear" and use back the
> /dev/loop/X naming convention ?
>
> 'mount' is trying to be backward compatible by detecting the presence of
> old naming convention. That does not mean a whole bunch of old device file
> names have to be created.
>
> The original poster has already suggested a clean fix.
> Remove /dev/loop directory and move on !
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