Re: freeze when mounting cd image using loop
>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Schmidt <andreas@schmidt-privat.de> writes:
Andreas> Hi Edwin,
Andreas>
Andreas> today I had exactly the same problem on my potato box with
Andreas> kernel version 2.4.2. So I tried to reboot with kernel
Andreas> 2.2.18 and it worked without any problems. I'm afraid there
Andreas> is something wrong with the loop module in kernel 2.4.2 or
Andreas> maybe an incompatibility with the version of mount from
Andreas> potato.
Andreas>
Loopback device support is currently broken in 2.4.2. Trying to mount an
ISO image using the loopback device will hang mount so badly that even
kill -9 on it won't work.
The bug has been fixed though, in either the ac3 or ac4 patch.
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Salman Ahmed
ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com
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