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pmb: give loop module time to initialize

Administrator requested to merge fix/modprobe-loop-wait into master

During pmbootstrap install, we need the loop kernel module in order to write to the rootfs image file as loopback device.

We already load loop on demand. However, during the move of the CI infrastructure from Travis to gitlab CI, we have noticed that on some Linux installations, the loop devices are not available instantly after modprobe.

With this commit, pmbootstrap tries to mount the loopback device up to five times, waiting one second between each attempt.

Fixes #1594 (closed).

@craftyguy: when you have time, would you like to verify if this fixes the error on the gitlab runner?

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