modprobe loop on 23.10 not working

Colin Watson cjwatson at ubuntu.com
Thu Nov 23 22:20:10 UTC 2023


On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 04:14:45PM -0500, Jerry Geis wrote:
> It seems I cannot load loop
> 
>  uname -a
> Linux silentm 6.5.0-13-generic #13-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Nov  3
> 12:16:05 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> # modprobe loop
> # lsmod | grep loop

That means it's built into the kernel rather than being modular.  You
don't need to modprobe it - it's just there.

  $ grep CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP= /boot/config-6.5.0-13-generic
  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y

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Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]



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