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From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge@hmc.edu>
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 12:42:42 -0800
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: neldredge@hmc.edu (Nate Eldredge), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.1ac17 hang on mounting loopback fs
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Alan Cox writes:
 > > # 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

I see.  Thank you.  I can live without it until then.

Btw, I applied Jens Axboe's loop-3 patch as suggested by Ville Herva.
It applied with some fuzz and offset.  However, when I booted it, the
kernel oopsed when I tried to mount the first ordinary ext2 partition
(no loopback involved).  I can post the oops if anyone cares, but I
presume that loop-3 and 2.4.1ac17 are just incompatible.

-- 

Nate Eldredge
neldredge@hmc.edu
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