Re: Could not find any loop device

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Chris Wallace (<cobain@cox.net>) wrote:

> Hi I was trying to mount an iso so I could extract the contents of it.
> When doing the mount command I got the following error.
> 
> # mount -o loop,ro myiso.iso /iso
> mount: Could not find any loop device, and, according to
> /proc/devices,
>         this kernel does not know about the loop device.
>         (If so, then recompile or `insmod loop.o'.)
> 
> I am using 2.6.1 that I compiled myself. Obviously I missed something
> when I was configuring the kernel. Could someone please point me to
> what I need to compile in. Thanks for your help.

For 2.4 Kernels, the option is Block Devices / Loopback Device Support.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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