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The C Zone Networks wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to mount a looping device in BasicLinux and 
> when I go to insmod loop

If you execute:
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insmod loop
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It should say:  Using /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/loop.o

> it tells me that it can't find the 7th looping device 
> or something like that.

You will need to copy your input and the resultant
error message exactly.  I have never seen a reference
to the 7th looping device.  BasicLinux provides five
loop devices (loop0 - loop4).

> When I try to mount it without insmod loop, it tells
> me it doesn't know the fs type and looping isn't supported.

You definitely need to insmod loop first.  That is 
the only way the kernel will support it.