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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Bugs => Topic started by: redwolf on February 27, 2012, 11:12:15 AM

Title: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
Post by: redwolf on February 27, 2012, 11:12:15 AM

I decided to try the ezremaster tool today, but I'm getting the following error:

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+ sudo mount /mnt/dm-1/craig/ISOs/tinycore/4.3/CorePlus-current.iso /tmp/ezremaster/mnt
mount: could not find any free loop device
+ exit 16

I'm using Micro Core 64 version 4.3. 
losetup -a shows only 219 loop devices currently in use.
losetup -f returns "losetup: could not find any free loop device".

P.S.
I have tried adding max_loop=256 without any success, though it sounds like this is no longer needed anyway.

Title: Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
Post by: gerald_clark on February 27, 2012, 11:18:20 AM

Try using busybox mount.

Title: Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
Post by: bmarkus on February 27, 2012, 11:26:56 AM

Is utillinux-ng installed?

Title: Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
Post by: redwolf on February 27, 2012, 11:54:16 AM

Thanks Gerald!  busybox mount successfully mounts the iso.  Yes, util-linx.tcz in installed On Boot.  About to reboot without it and test again.

Title: Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
Post by: redwolf on February 27, 2012, 12:25:56 PM

That was it.  All good now.  Thanks! :-)

Title: Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
Post by: curaga on February 27, 2012, 11:08:52 PM

ezremaster should be using busybox mount, yes.

Title: Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
Post by: ixbrian on February 28, 2012, 06:19:43 PM

I'll have ezremaster explicitly use busybox mount in the next release of ezremaster.

Thanks,
Brian

Title: Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
Post by: ixbrian on April 24, 2012, 05:22:54 PM

This has been fixed in the latest version of ezremaster.   Thanks again for reporting.