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Subject: Re: 2.4.1ac17 hang on mounting loopback fs
To: neldredge@hmc.edu (Nate Eldredge)
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 20:31:22 +0000 (GMT)
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> # mount -t ext2 -o loop /spare/i486-linuxaout.img /spare/mnt
> loop: enabling 8 loop devices

Loop does not currently work in 2.4. It might partly work by luck but thats it.
This will change as and when the new loop patches go in. Until then if you need
loop use 2.2

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