Re: [Nolug] Free loop device problem

On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 10:11, Wimprine, Thomas wrote:
> I'm using my RH 8.0 system as a CDrom server. It's been working great for
> the past few months and as a matter of fact management has been impressed
> that I haven't needed to reboot the system for awhile. However now it's not
> working and I'm getting the following errors. Does anyone have any ideas?
> Since the system being available and working w/o a reboot for so long I
> would like to avoid it if possible.
>
> Error: /var/log/messages
> Mar 10 10:07:19 lajeffelx01 automount[26381]: mount(generic): failed to
> mount /usr/local/isoimages/NT4sp6a.iso (type iso9660) on
> /mnt/isosrv_auto/NT4sp6a
> Mar 10 10:07:21 lajeffelx01 automount[26346]: attempting to mount entry
> /mnt/isosrv_auto/NT4sp6a
> Mar 10 10:07:21 lajeffelx01 automount[26383]: >> mount: could not find any
> free loop device

Rambling thoughts and questions:

Since I see Windows NT4 type disks, can I presume that this is being
served off Samba, and also maybe used for network installs of NT4?

Maybe I don't know enough about automount, but why is is needed?
Why not just keep these ISOs mounted continuously, and put them in
/etc/fstab?

Also, have you put more ISOs up recently? Maybe you've run out of
"free slots". That's my first hunch when seeing:
     could not find any free loop device

Are any ISOs mounted at all, or can none mount? I ask this because
maybe loop.o got unloaded for some reason.

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