[BusyBox] mount -o loop

Assaf Stoler StolerA at masirv.com
Thu Jul 11 13:54:03 UTC 2002


Yes, I have defined it in the Config.h
also, I can do 
#losetup /dev/loop0 /myfile.looo
#mount /dev/loop0 /mnt
using the busybox builtins.

the problem only shows when using mount the 'traditional' way, without
using losetup to bind the loop device.

Assaf

tito wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 11 July 2002 21:26, you wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to use the 6.0.3, and the latest CVS (7-11-02), to mount a
> > loop device
> >
> > # busybox mount /myfile.loop /mnt -o loop
> >
> > I do have a Lot of free loop devices, and doing the same with the
> > 'normal' mount command works, but with the built-in mount, i always get
> >
> > # mount: Could not find a spare loop device
> >
> > any Ideas,
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Assaf
> >
> > stolera at masirv.com
> Hi,
>  have you defined this in Config.h?
> //
> // Enable support for loop devices in mount
> #define BB_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
> //
> Hope it helps.
> Tito



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