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Bug#31688: boot-floppies: check_loop always successful



Previously jrv@vanzandt.mv.com wrote:
> +# Use this to check if your kernel has support for the minix filesystem
> +check_minix:
> +	grep minix /proc/filesystems 2>&1 >/dev/null || \
> +		(echo minix filesystem support needed; exit 1)

This does not work if you load minix on-demand as a kernel module. You
should try loading the module before the test, or if it fails and then
retry. The same is true for the loop-device.

Wichert.

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