Re: Max number of loop devices OR "efficient search of Debian documentation"
On Sun, 18 May 2014 15:15:34 +0000 (UTC)
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
>
> But I guess that covers only half of the word "modify."
>
>
You can create devices nodes with that in the filesystem, but they will
not work unless they also exist in the kernel.
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