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Re: cluttering /dev



> OTOH creating /dev/loop/1 to /dev/loop/100 solves the mount failure,
> and you have 100 loop devices without cluttering /dev.

Actually, losetup will clutter /dev/ automatically by creating the absent
/dev/loopX file when you set up the device (and, in case you remove it, it
will create it again when you "losetup -d <mydevicefile>" it).

Regards,
Andrew

> as root:
>
> for i in `seq 1 100`; do mknod /dev/loop/$i b 7 $i; done
>
> cvevans
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