On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > > My general question is "How to search for a particular particle of > information that you've seen SOMEWHERE in the reams of information available > as formal documentation, web pages, mailing lists, etc." > > My current instance is attempting to modify the max number of loop devices. > One pellet of Google buckshot reminded me that it can be reset for the next > re-boot under /etc/modprobe.d . But I want to reset it on the fly. > Other pellets hit postings: > that were over ten years old > where post did not seem to agree with relevant man page > post's author commented that he though solution might be of form ...
If you have loop compiled in to the kernel, as I do below, you can only change the number of loop devices at boot by using "max_loop=<number_of_loop_devices" on the kernel cmdline. # grep BLK_DEV_LOOP /boot/config-3.15-rc5 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=16 But if the above grep returns "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m", you can: # rmmod loop # modprobe loop max_loop=<number_loop_devices_minus_one> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SxhwsM_CAOgvGHvVv0=Ja=xerxpn1gw5zo6xzlfvnw...@mail.gmail.com