mount, install problem

[Paul Howarth]

Guillaume wrote:
> Sorry for my late answer,
> In fact, i run modprobe loop, i found this before on a forum, but it
> does nothing, and no error message happen... I solve my installation
> problem in another way.
> 
> Today i run another the install process on a new hardware, and i
> experience the same anoyning error...
> I run 'modprobe -v loop' but i dont have any report for error... And
> the same command i wrote for mount my iso fail:
> mount -o loop -t iso9660 /my/iso/file /mount/point
>   mount: could not find a spare loop device
> Grr... What's wrong with me??!!!

Is your loop module actually loaded?

# lsmod | grep loop

Do you have any existing loop mounts?

# mount | grep loop

P.S. Please don't top-post on this mailing list.

Paul.