How can I have more loopback devices?

[mattboston at gmail.com (Matt Shields)]

Sure, just pick a different destination folder.

disc1.iso -> disc1/
disc2.iso -> disc2/
etc.....

Matt

On 3/26/07, Laura Conrad <sunny at laymusic.org> wrote:
>
> I have a script that attempts to mount all the .iso files in a
> particular directory using the command:
>
>            mount -o loop -t iso9660 <file>.iso /mnt/mountdir/<file>
>
> At the moment, it will mount only 8 isos, and then it fails with the message:
>
>    mount: could not find any free loop device
>
> This is on an ubuntu edgy system.
>
> Is the number of loopback devices configured somewhere, so that I
> could change it to 12 instead of 8?  And is there a major disadvantage
> to having lots of loopback devices mounted?  I bought my system new
> last summer, so it's relatively modern although by no means bleeding
> edge.
>
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