[lxc-users] loop device missing (needed for 'cryptmount')

Serge Hallyn serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com
Wed Jan 28 14:30:23 UTC 2015


Quoting U.Mutlu (for-gmane at mutluit.com):
> Serge Hallyn wrote, On 01/28/2015 11:39 AM:
> >Quoting U.Mutlu (for-gmane at mutluit.com):
> >>After restarting the container the /dev/loop* are still missing.
> >>How can I get the /dev/loop* created?
> >
> >Just mknod them
> 
> Ok, that works, but the said software seems to depend
> on modprobe (it says: "cryptmount: modprobe: not found",
> and that is not present in the vm (and I think it doesn't make sense
> for it in a vm).
> Hmm...

Strace it, find out which module it wants to modprobe, then
modprobe it from the host.  Maybe dm_crypt or cryptd?


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