*Solved* Alternative to loopback device support in kernel.

[Phz]

I have a dedicated unmanaged server which has a kernel without loopback support. I need to mount or extract the contents of an iso file on the server.

I get the following error when trying to mount the iso

[Sadako]

As long as you have the sources of the kernel you are currently running, then there may be a very simple solution to this;
Configure the kernel with loopback support as a module, compile the kernel, install the modules, and then modprobe the loop module into the running kernel.

You'll need the exact sources of the running kernel, and it might not work, but if even it doesn't it'll simply fail to load,
and no harm should come to your running system (and it should "just work").
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[Phz]

Nice idea...

Update coming soon.

Thank you very much Hopeless

//EDIT

Worked perfectly, for anyone else having this trouble here is what I did.

select loop from menuconfig "Device drivers> Block devices> Loopback device support"
then make modules;make modules_install
then modprobe loop

now I can mount iso files just fine.


Thanks again hopeless.