Re: Max number of loop devices OR "efficient search of Debian documentation"
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> On 2014-05-18, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
>>
>> My current instance is attempting to modify the max number of
>> loop devices. One pellet of Google buckshot reminded me that it
>> can be reset for the next re-boot under /etc/modprobe.d . But I
>> want to reset it on the fly.
>
> I'm reading you can *add* another loop device on the fly
> with the mknod command:
>
> mknod -m 660 /dev/loop8 b 7 8
You'll have to run "chown root:disk /dev/loop8" too.
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