Re: freeze when mounting cd image using loop
I don't think so. Loop works fine on my 2.4.1. I made a hasty
downgrade from 2.4.2 after reading your original post and seeing the
problem for myself (need loop for my daily cdr burnings).
Interestingly I used my kernel config for 2.4.2 to recompile my 2.4.1.
On Wednesday 28 February 2001 09:06, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote:
> Hi
>
> thanx... and so i guess i have to wait then :->
>
> Edwin Lau
>
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:50:17 S . Salman Ahmed wrote:
> > >>>>> "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.
> >
> > --
> > Salman Ahmed
> > ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com
> >
> >
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> Edwin Lau (lauedw@waves.utoronto.ca)
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