Problem mounting on loop device

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Sat Jul 23 00:37:48 UTC 2011


On 07/23/2011 08:28 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> Testing creation of dvd backup, I start getting complaints of "stolen" 
> loop device. Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong
>
> root at mtranch[61]->mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop2 /tmp/dvd.iso /
> media/CDROM
> mount: stolen loop=/dev/loop2
>

I just use....

mount -t iso9660 -o loop whatever.iso mountpoint



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