After researching more I discovered that the hang is actually a kernel oops:
# mount -o loop /home/smb/.image /mnt Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT CPU: 0 EIP: 0000 [<00000000>] Not tainted VLI EEFLAGS: 00010282 EIP is at 0x0 ....snip.... Call trace: [<f98c8667>] do_lo_receive lo_read_actor lo_receive do_lo_filebacked loop_thread loop_thread kernel_thread_helper Could the bug be in the kernel loop module or? But as I said if I copy the image to some local folder it works. Regards P Degerman, Sweden -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba