(My understanding is that this is the correct place to report bugs for util-linux.) In the manual page for losetup (in util-linux-2.23.2-4.fc19.x86_64) is the text: Setup loop device: losetup [-o offset] [--sizelimit size] [-p pfd] [-rP] {-f[--show]|loopdev} file However, the "-p" option is not described in the text. There also should be a space after "-f". Thanks for attending to this, Dale -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html