Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:03:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:03:25 -0500 Received: from granger.mail.mindspring.net ([207.69.200.148]:61204 "EHLO granger.mail.mindspring.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:03:10 -0500 Message-ID: <001901c0ba58$0ed7dc90$08080808@zeusinc.com> From: "Tom Sightler" To: "Bill Rossi" , In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: Loopback device hangs on mount command Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:01:32 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > [1.] Loopback device hangs on mount command. > > [2.] Mounting a loopback device hangs the process. Eg. Issuing > > losetup /dev/loop0 fsimg > mount /dev/loop0 /mnt > > will hang at the mount command. The mount process cannot be > killed, nor can the loopback device be destroyed with losetup. > > [4.] Linux mantissa 2.4.2 #15 Wed Mar 28 11:00:17 EST 2001 i686 Widely known and reported problem with 2.4 kernels before 2.4.3. Please search archives before posting such problems. Either apply Jens loop patches (available on via your ftp.kernel.org mirror), apply a recent -ac patch (which includes Jens patches), or upgrade to 2.4.3 (which also includes Jens patches). Later, Tom - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/