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Re: loop: can't get info on device



On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 07:35:20PM -0700, toff wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 09:07:45PM +0100, ?ke Wiv?nge wrote:
> > I'm very new to Linux and Debian and when I try to install Debian from a
> > CD burned with "debian-30r1-i386-binary-1_NONUS.iso" it just stops when
> > it's installing kernel and driver modules, and on the error console it
> > says:
> > 
> > loop: can't get info on device /dev/loop0: no such device or address
> > 
> > I tried to find any reference to it but only found one where someone had
> > the same problem, but resolved it by installing via a network. I'm just
> > wondering, is there another way to get it to work?
> 
> That device is normally on the root.bin filesystem. Maybe
> it got deleted or hidden somehow? You should see many devices
> in /dev, including loop0-7.
> 
> To create it, use
> 
> cd /dev
> /sbin/MAKEDEV loop0

Oops, that should be 

/sbin/MAKEDEV loop

-- 
"The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what 
we should do with software engineers. They put the designer 
under the bridge, and then they marched over it." 
-- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003



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