On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, heavytull wrote:
> the "loop" module on my linux box is not loaded itself when needed by mount.
> when I type mount -o loop ...
> While this module does not appear in the blacklist of modprobe
> (/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist)

i'll bet you've gone and mucked with your kernel, hey?
so what happens if you force a modprobe loop ?
and what do you get out of:

$ grep -i loop /boot/config /proc/devices

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