Loopmount on Details... https://www.deepreflect.net/tags/loopmount/ Recent content in Loopmount on Details... Hugo en-US Copyright © 2003 - 2026 Leonardo Rizzi Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:28:29 +0200 AIX - loopmount https://www.deepreflect.net/2011/12/19/aix-loopmount/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:10:49 +0000 http://blog.deepreflect.net/?p=1133 <p>Finally on aix 6.1 ibm have introduced mounting of iso directly without raw copy on lv:</p> <p>Check if necessary loopback device is available</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span style="display:flex;"><span># lsdev -C | grep loop </span></span></code></pre></div><p>if nothing returned, run:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span style="display:flex;"><span># mkdev -c loopback -s node -t loopback </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>loop0 Available </span></span></code></pre></div><p>If the device is not present on system you get this error:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span style="display:flex;"><span>1320-003 loopmount: Specified loopback device is not found in ODM </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Now for mount:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span style="display:flex;"><span># loopmount -i /iso/dvd.iso -l loop0 -o &#34;-V cdrfs -o ro&#34; -m /mnt/dvd </span></span></code></pre></div><p>And umount:</p> Finally on aix 6.1 ibm have introduced mounting of iso directly without raw copy on lv:

Check if necessary loopback device is available

# lsdev -C | grep loop

if nothing returned, run:

# mkdev -c loopback -s node -t loopback
loop0 Available

If the device is not present on system you get this error:

1320-003 loopmount: Specified loopback device is not found in ODM

Now for mount:

# loopmount -i /iso/dvd.iso -l loop0 -o "-V cdrfs -o ro" -m /mnt/dvd

And umount:

# loopumount -l loop0 -m /mnt/dvd

Attention: an image file can be associated with only one loopback device.

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