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Loop module on centos 6.4
can anyone help me extracting iso file on centos 6.4?
I tried mount -o loop "file.iso" /mnt/disk but no luck.. it produce error:
mount: Could not find any loop device. Maybe this kernel does not know
about the loop device? (If so, recompile or `modprobe loop'.)
modprobe loop produce "FATAL: Module loop not found."
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What does
losetup -a
return?
EDIT: by the way, what is the origin of this CentOS? I installed CentOS 6.4 from its minimal ISO, it supports loop devices without any additional tuning.
Is it on an OpenVZ VPS, or a KVM VPS? Or a dedicated server?
nothing
well, in the solusvm, it just say centos 6 64bit..
Linux server.xxxxx.tld 2.6.32-042stab076.7 #1 SMP Thu Apr 25 13:35:47 MSK 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
it is openvz..
I tried gogling but end with nothing
You can make the loop devices manually.
Method 1 (create multiple loop devices):
yum install MAKEDEV
MAKEDEV -v loop
ls -la /dev/loop*
Method 2 (create a single loop device):
mknod -m 660 /dev/loop0 b 7 0
ls -la /dev/loop*
There is also some udev config required to make the loop devices survive a reboot, but let's see if either of the above methods work first.
EDIT: Actually, this probably won't work unless OpenVZ has re-enabled creation of loop devices inside containers
tried both of them.. still same error came out:
Open a ticket with the provider. They probably have to enable the module on the host node.
is it the last option I have?
It'll certainly help.
ok.. thanks