[BusyBox] mount -o loop

[tito]

On Thursday 11 July 2002 21:52, you wrote:
> 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

Can't explain why. 
I don't use bb mount, but i compiled it in now 
for testing with
#define BB_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP enabled
and if I do

busybox-0.60.3# gunzip initrd.gz
busybox-0.60.3# ln -s busybox mount
busybox-0.60.3# ./mount initrd -o loop mnt
busybox-0.60.3# ls mnt
bin/  dev/  etc/  floppy/  foozero  home/  lib/  mnt/  proc/  root/  sbin@  
tmp/  usr/  var/

it seems to work at least on my Mandrake8.2

Tito

PS: the support for loop devices have to be compiled also in kernel.
Check for 
# Additional Block Devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m  (or Y)

Bye