Op Wo, 27 september, 2006 20:00, schreef Sascha Heid: > Hi List. > > I added squashfs-support into the kernel so i can put the (german) > wikipedia on my 2gb card which squashfs compresses from 15GB to 1,8GB. > The mount-command i use is "mount -t squashfs -o loop image.sqfs dir/" > but i get the error "Mounting ..... failed: Block device required". > I also tried different options like -o loop=/dev/loop0, -o ro,loop or > -o loop=/dev/mtdblock0 (if you think this guy must be clueless you are > right) but with the same result. > > Does anyone know what to do here? > > I have /dev/loop, /dev/loop0,...,/dev/loop7. > > Regards > Sascha > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers >
Hi, I have been using squashfs successfully for months now to read my local newspaper (html) every day on the 770 while on the train. For me this is my killer app! I think you should use losetup to use the loop device. My guess is the mount program on the 770 doesn't support looping. I use: 1. Insert squashfs kernel module: insmod squashfs.ko 2. /sbin/losetup /dev/loop1 file.sq 3. mount -t squashfs /dev/loop1 /mnt/directory You need to compile util-linux for the losetup program. For the 2006 software version i have put it on my website: http://www.xs4all.nl/~kuijste2/losetup I have also put the kernel module on this website (2006 kernel, 2.6.16): http://www.xs4all.nl/~kuijste2/squashfs.ko greetings, Dirk Kuijsten. _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
