[libvirt-users] How to enable mount loop device in LXC using libvirt LXC driver

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 03:06:29PM +0800, Du Jun wrote:
> When I try to mount loop device in a linux container, I got the following
> error message:
> mount: Could not find any loop device. Maybe this kernel does not know
>        about the loop device? (If so, recompile or `modprobe loop'.)
> 
> I wonder how to enable mount loop device in LXC using libvirt LXC driver?

You don't want to try to setup loop mounts yourself - tell libvirt todo
it in the XML eg

  <filesystem type='file'>
     <source file='/some/file/image'/>
     <target dir='/some/mount/point'/>
  </filesystem>

and then libvirt will create a loop device and mount it. If you just want
the loop device and not mounted, then use <block type='file'> instead.

Regards,
Daniel
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