Hi Avati, list, I've done a bit more testing with some other FUSE filesystems (fusesmb, mountlo) and they both support loop-mounting read/write, so I think we can rule out it being a FUSE problem.
Any further ideas? -Michael On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 21:24 +0530, Anand Avati wrote: > Michael, > this seems to be a limitation of FUSE itself, because it is > mmap()'ing a file in read-write mode, which seems to have a problem in > fuse. I will soon confirm if this is the same cause. > > avati > > 2007/8/15, Michael Fincham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi everyone, > > Has anyone had success with loop mounting a file stored on a > glusterfs > volume? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/temp$ sudo losetup -f file.img > ioctl: LOOP_SET_FD: Invalid argument > > I get this error but the same image works fine on an ext2 > partition. > > I've discussed this a little on the IRC room, and apparently > it's being > investigated, but I figured I'd ask if anyone else has come up > against it > and has a short-term solution. > > Thanks everyone, esp. glusterfs devs ;) > > -- > -Michael Fincham > Unleash Technology Solutions > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > > > > -- > It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into > account Hofstadter's Law. > > -- Hofstadter's Law -- -Michael Fincham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unleash Technology Solutions _______________________________________________ Gluster-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel
