On 3/6/06, Erwin Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi everyone! > > i tried to emerge lilo (`emerge -bva lilo') - but it aborts with the following > error-message: > > open_wr: /dev/loop5 (symlink to /dev/loop/5) > open_wr: /dev/loop5 (symlink to /dev/loop/5) >
In the past, emerging LILO would choke while trying to mount/unmount your /boot partition. It looks like it's doing the same with the loop devices. Try unmounting all your loop devices, and then remerging LILO. HTH, Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
