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Re: [SLE] loop devices run out
  • From: "Alexey Eremenko" <al4321@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:49:35 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <7fac565a0609281249g53582757ic56aae0889960d1e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Well, by default there are only 8 loop devices compiled in standard kernels.

There are several ways to overcome the problem:
1) unmount the unused ISOs (recommended, easiest way)
2) use FUSE (Filesystem in User Space doesn't have this stupid limitation,
requires kernel 2.6.14+)
3) compile your own kernel with more loop devices (I think 256 is a
theoretical maximum for v2.6 kernels)
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