/dev/loop: how many is the limit? Which kernel parameter to alter?

["Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim" <rms46@vlsm.org>]

Hello:

I am from a developing country, where bandwidth is NOT something
easy to get. For disk space saving reason, I am currently mounting 
CD images through /dev/loopX. Thus, the /etc/fstab looks something 
like this (where XX is a longer path):

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/XX/cd-image/Mandrake82-cd1-inst.i586.iso /XX/8.2/disk1 iso9660 ro,loop=/dev/loop0 0 0
/XX/cd-image/Mandrake82-cd2-ext.i586.iso  /XX/8.2/disk2 iso9660 ro,loop=/dev/loop1 0 0
/XX/cd-image/Mandrake82-cd3-supp.i586.iso /XX/8.2/disk3 iso9660 ro,loop=/dev/loop2 0 0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Instead of mirroring the bulky DEBIAN pool, I have a plan to do 
the same thing for the woody images. Unfortunately, there are only 
eight /dev/loop devices.

Questions:

- Is there any way to add more loop devices?
- If yes, may I know which kernel parameter to alter?
- Also, may I know how much the limit is?

thank you.

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Rahmat M.  Samik-Ibrahim -- vLSM.org -- http://rms46.vLSM.org --
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