Re: "All of your loopback devices are in use!" reported by mkinitrd

[Robert Love]

On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 15:59, Al Moote wrote:
> Hey all.  I am not-so new to Linux, but I haven't had to recompile my kernel before.  We are taking the leap into Samba Fileserving an thus, I need to add ACL functionality to my kernel.  I have opted to go with 2.4.17 and have had some success so far.  I am, however, stuck at one point.
> 
> I am trying to make my .img file to support my RAID devices.  When I run:
> 
> /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.17-021102.img 2.4.17-021102
> 
> I get the message:
> 
> All of your loopback devices are in use!
> 
> I don't really understand why this is preventing me from creatingthe .img file.  But then again, I have little experience in this area.  I was hoping somebody on this list could len a hand.  Thanks alot guys (and the occasional gal).

You need loopback support in your kernel, and you probably don't?

Enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP (see Block Devices in configure).

	Robert Love