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Re: fixing up an armhf screwup



On Tuesday 08 October 2019 10:34:28 Thomas Schmitt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > how do I mount it to copy those 5 or so
> > files out of it and back to this card?  I've not used the -oloop
> > option in a decade and have long since forgot how.
>
> Since -o loop felt neglected it decided to become optional.
>
Oh shit. That probably explains some of why I haven't been able to build 
a working fully-pre-emptable kernel kernel, or any kernel at all on a 
pi3 or a pi4. Despite an "ls -l /dev" showing loop0 thru loop7, a line 
in the install bails out because it can't find loop0, and the resultant 
u-sd card won't boot.  3 short green flashes, a longer one, then dark 
for 3 sec's, repeat till the universe runs down.

Now what the heck do we do?
 
> So, provided you have an existing mount directory (here /mnt/iso) just
> mount the ISO file (here assumed to be debian-10.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso
> in the current working directory):
>
>   sudo mount debian-10.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso /mnt/iso
>
> This command will show that you then have a loop device
>
>   /sbin/losetup -l
>
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas


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