[Fwd: Re: [SLUG] mounting off a loop device in 2.2.12]

[Matthew Dalton <matthewd@nospam.research.canon.com.au>]

Forgot to cc the list...

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [SLUG] mounting off a loop device in 2.2.12
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 16:14:57 +1000
From: Matthew Dalton <matthewd@nospam.research.canon.com.au>
To: "Marshall, Joshua" <MarshallJ@nospam.switch.aust.com>
References: <B29DBE0C4601D411BEE500A0C95AAE4E06806B@nospam.server2.ussbris>

"Marshall, Joshua" wrote:
> 
> > this is the error i am getting when i try to mount a iso image.
> >
> > #mount -t vfat -o loop /home/schakrab/shuv.iso /mnt/cdrom
> > ioctl: LOOP_SET_FD: Invalid argument
> 
> What I usually do is:
> 
> losetup /dev/loop0 /home/schakrab/shuv.iso
> mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/cdrom
> 
> and when you're finished,
> 
> umount /mnt/cdrom
> losetup -d /dev/loop0

This should work as well:
# mount -t iso9660 -o loop /home/schakrab/shuv.iso /mnt/cdrom

Presuming that loopback mounts are supported in the kernel.

Matthew
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