how to creat /dev/loop8
 

Hi every body
I want to mount the iso sarge CD in order to install from local web, there is a limitation ( max is 8 loop mount point)
like this from /dev/loop0 to /dev/loop7)
/home2/sarge-i386-3.iso on /home2/sarge3 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop5)
I want to mount other CD's ( sarge 9 to sarge 15 ), so I think I have to creat /dev/loop8, .... /dev/loop14,
How to do it please
best regards
bela

"I think I have to creat /dev/loop8, .... /dev/loop14,
How to do it please"

I think that you create /dev/loop8 through /dev/loop14 with these commands:

mknod /dev/loop8 b 7 8
mknod /dev/loop9 b 7 9
mknod /dev/loop10 b 7 10
mknod /dev/loop11 b 7 11
mknod /dev/loop12 b 7 12
mknod /dev/loop13 b 7 13
mknod /dev/loop14 b 7 14

Check your existing loop devices to make sure that they have 660 permissions. If they do not then change the following 660 permissions to the correct permissions.
chmod 660 /dev/loop*

Check your existing loop devices to make sure that they belong to group disk. If they do not then change the following disk group to the correct name.
chown root:disk /dev/loop*

See man mknod

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