On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Mobeen Azhar wrote:
> Hello all, I upgraded the kernel on my RH 7.0 box from 2.2.16-22 to
> 2.2.17-14. I successfully installed the following RPMS:
>
> kernel-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm
> kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm
> kernel-utils-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm
>
> All the RPMS installed without a problem. However, whenever I try to run
> mkinitrd to create a RAM disk image for the new kernel, mkinitrd bombs with
> the message "All you loopback devices are in use". I even tried to run
> mkinitrd in single user mode to no avail (thinking perhaps some other stuff
> running on the box might be using up the loopback devices). I checked and
> made sure that I have /dev/loop0 through /dev/loop15.
>
> Although I am relatively new to Linux, I have done kernel upgrades in the
> past without a problem. I cannot figure out what is going wrong this time!
> My system is using mkinitrd from the mkintrd-2.6-1 RPM. Does anyone have
> any suggestions how to overcome this last hurdle in the kernel upgade?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help,
> --Moby
>
>
Try running "modprobe loop" before running makeing the RAM disk.
Sometimes the module doesn't get loaded when it should.
Mikkel
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