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Subject: Re: Using many (say 20) active loop-devices?
From: Max Vozeler <max () nusquama ! org>
Date: 2006-02-22 15:16:37
Message-ID: 20060222151637.GB6455 () localdomain
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On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 10:01:52PM +0100, markus reichelt wrote:
> * Markus Laire <malaire@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is it trivial to use, say 20 (or more), loop-devices at the same time?
>
> AFAIK, there's _somewhere_ a variable/constant/definition which can
> be set to the # of loop-devices you need.
For modular loop-AES, you can also just set the max_loop
module option (values up to 256 IIRC)
modinfo loop
modprobe loop max_loop=32
> > ps. Is this the right place to ask about losetup (included in
> > loop-aes-utils) when I'm using it without encryption?
>
> If you use loop-aes on your system (one way or the other), I think
> yes it is.
>
> Anyway, as the saying goes: use the source, luke ;-)
In case the source won't work for you, or if you suspect
something specific to the Debian/Ubuntu/.. system or package,
you can write to loop-aes-utils@packages.debian.org too.
cheers,
Max
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