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diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8 index 72f0f0b45..626d86169 100644 --- a/sys-utils/mount.8 +++ b/sys-utils/mount.8 @@ -2976,6 +2976,22 @@ and .BR ioctl families of functions) may lead to inconsistent result due to the lack of consistency check in kernel even if noac is used. +.PP +The +.B loop +option with the +.B offset +or +.B sizelimit +options used may fail when using older kernels if the +.B mount +command can't confirm that the size of the block device has been configured +as requested. This situation can be worked around by using +the +.B losetup +command manually before calling +.B mount +with the configured loop device. .SH HISTORY A .B mount |