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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
>
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