How to list loop devices in fstab? (was) How to create loop devices?

Fri Oct 6 10:38:59 UTC 2006

Alexandre Touret wrote:

>> May I know how to create loop devices?
>> They used to be called /dev/loop0, /dev/loop1, etc.
>> Now they are /dev/loop/0, /dev/loop/1, etc.
>> However, "losetup" still generates "/dev/loopX"s.

> You should use this following command for a cd
> $sudo mount -t iso9660 pathtotheiso -o loop thedirectory
> The mount utility creates a device as /dev/loopX
>
> Unfortunately, I don t know losetup utility

Thanks!

May I know, how to generate permanent loop devices;
so that I can list them into /etc/fstab ?

I need loop devices that are accessible by ordinary users...

regards,

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