On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 06:56:31PM +0100, Steve Dodd wrote:
> > You have to remove a loopback device first (with losetup -d) before you=
=20
> > can recreate it. Umounting doesn't do that.
>=20
> Unless mount setup the loop device in the first place using -o loop, of
> course.
mount stores this info in /etc/mtab.
If you symlink it to /proc/mounts, you want have automatic losetup -d.
--=20
Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de> SuSE GmbH, N=FCrnberg, FRG
Linux kernel development; SCSI drivers: tmscsim(DC390), DC395
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