Re: 2.3.11+/dev/loop problems

Steve Dodd (dirk@loth.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 27 Jul 1999 18:56:31 +0100


On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 06:10:13PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

> You have to remove a loopback device first (with losetup -d) before you
> can recreate it. Umounting doesn't do that.

Unless mount setup the loop device in the first place using -o loop, of
course.

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