> I was running something similar. Now I seem to have run out of loop
> devices ): Reboot time by the look of it.
cat /etc/modprobe.d/loop-dev
# Increase number of loop devices.
# Adding this to grub doesn't work any more for SUSE 10.1. Add it here and run
# mkinitrd. (#188242)
options loop max_loop=24
Even kernel command arg stage is too late, needs to go initrd.
> From what I've read, the offset is interpreted as blocks.
Check the source! Last time I did that it was definitely effectively in
bytes, but I don't recall when and what kernel version that was.
2.6.18, man losetup says
-o offset
The data start is moved offset bytes into the specified file or
device. Normally offset is included in IV (initialization vec-
tor) computations. If offset is prefixed with @ character, then
offset is not included in IV computations. @ prefix functional-
ity may not be supported on some older kernels and/or loop
drivers.
Volker
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