ThinGuy/add-max-loops.sh

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One-liner to add max loop back devices

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add-max-loops.sh

export MAX=256;for ((i=$(sudo find 2>/dev/null /dev -iname "loop[0-9]*"|wc -l); i<$MAX; i++));do sudo mknod -m0660 /dev/loop${i} b 7 ${i} && sudo chown root.disk /dev/loop${i};done

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ThinGuy commented Dec 7, 2018 •

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$ find /dev -iname "loop[0-9]*"
/dev/loop18
/dev/loop17
/dev/loop16
...
/dev/loop0

$ MAX=256;for ((i=$(find /dev -iname 'loop[0-9]*'|wc -l); i<$MAX; i++));do sudo mknod -m0660 /dev/loop${i} b 7 ${i} && sudo chown root.disk /dev/loop${i};done

$ find /dev -iname "loop[0-9]*"
/dev/loop255
/dev/loop254
/dev/loop253
...
/dev/loop0

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