running out of loop devices

[Deron Meranda]

On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 15:52 -0400, Yang Xiao wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've ran out of loop devices, I have read that I need to load the loop
> module with max_loop=#, but how ?

In /etc/modprobe.conf add:

  options loop max_loop=256

You'll need to reboot (or unload and reload the loop module) for
the change to take effect.  In FC3 (e.g., kernel 2.6) the maximum
value is 256.  Under earlier releases/kernels the max used to
be 128.

If you need more than 256, as I do sometimes, then I know of
no solution yet.
-- 
Deron Meranda