If you encounter this error while trying to mount a loop device (cd-image and such): $ sudo mount -o loop -t squashfs /media/disk/casper/filesystem.squashfs /home/tdd/No-rsync-stuff/usb mount: could not find any free loop device you have run out of loop devices. Here's a script to create from loop8 to loop63: for ((i=8;i<64;i++)); do [ -e /dev/loop$i ] || mknod -m 0600 /dev/loop$i b 7 $i done