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Offline redwolf

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ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
« 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.
« Last Edit: February 27, 2012, 11:15:14 AM by redwolf »

Offline gerald_clark

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Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 11:18:20 AM »
Try using busybox mount.

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Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2012, 11:26:56 AM »
Is utillinux-ng installed?
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Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
« Reply #3 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.

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Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 12:25:56 PM »
That was it.  All good now.  Thanks! :-)

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Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2012, 11:08:52 PM »
ezremaster should be using busybox mount, yes.
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Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2012, 06:19:43 PM »
I'll have ezremaster explicitly use busybox mount in the next release of ezremaster.

Thanks,
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Re: ezremaster fails - mount: could not find any free loop device
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2012, 05:22:54 PM »
This has been fixed in the latest version of ezremaster.   Thanks again for reporting.