Tom.
Thanks very much. I am not sure that I follow your notes, but written below is the answer
to your question.
On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:42:22 -0400 Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 08:32:19 -0500
Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> Any suggestions? I am on an updated F30.
One possibility:
If you ls /dev/loop* do you see loop0, loop1, etc.? At some point
linux invented dynamic /dev/loop creation and said
everyone should use it, but neglected to fix all the
software in the world that expected loop devices to
already exist.
I get:
ls -l /dev/loop*
crw-rw----. 1 root disk 10, 237 Sep 22 08:49 /dev/loop-control
Same result with sudo. I also tried
sudo rmmod loop
sudo modprobe
ls -l /dev/loop*
crw-rw----. 1 root disk 10, 237 Sep 22 08:49 /dev/loop-control
So got the same output. Should I now try what you have written in your notes below?
Here's my notes from back in the fedora 20 timeframe:
found this at work:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019440
1. Create the file /etc/modules-load.d/loop.conf that just contains the word
"loop" on a line by itself. This makes sure systemd arranges for the loop
module to be loaded.
2. Create the file /etc/modprobe.d/eightloop.conf that contains the line:
options loop max_loop=8
Despite the name, that makes the min number of loop devices by 8 (which was
the default kernel setting before they changed it).
3. Run (as root) "dracut --force" to rebuild the initrd with the new module
options included.
4. Reboot and see 8 loop devices pre-created in /dev
Many thanks again, and best wishes,
Ranjan