--- In Jim Jackson <> wrote:
>
>
>
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> On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Keith Gilman wrote:
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> > I'm trying to figure out how to mount the initrd filesystem as a
> > loopback device but not having much luck. Do I need to do an
> > mkfs /dev/loop0 to create a loopback device or can I just create
the
> > directory? If I have to do mkfs, what is the syntax? What is the
> > command to mount a loopback filesystem?
>
> No you don't need to make a filesystem - you should already have
one, the
> one what you to mount as a loopback device :-)
>
> The general format of the mount command is......
>
> mount -o loop /path_to/image.file /mnt/mountpoint
>
> You may have to gunzip the initrd image if it's already
compressed, before
> mounting it. I've just checked on my desktop and I think you won't
need
> to.
>
> Jim
>
>
Jim,
Do you know if loopback support has to be in the kernel? I'm
getting "mount: could not find a spare loop device"
Thanks
-Keith
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