SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-24 Thread Åke Wivänge
> > I used a SBM floppy to boot from the CD. The sbm floppy image came from > > the Debian CD. > > > > I tried to boot from a rescue floppy / root floppy (images from the > > Debian CD) and then installed from the CD - same result. > > > > I've also burned a new CD in case something went wrong - sa

Re: SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Eduard Bloch [Fri, Feb 21 2003, 10:20:45AM]: > > Yes, don't try extracting the kernel more than 7 times (assuming > > del_loop doesn't get called appropriately) ;-) > > Heh? IIRC this is dead code, I replaced loop-device operations with > direct losetup calls during the Woody freeze b

Re: SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Emile van Bergen [Fri, Feb 21 2003, 09:47:25AM]: > > I found a spot in boot-floppies where this could happen, and added a > > check. I think this will have to wait for r3 though. Do you see any > > possible workarounds in the find_unused_loop_device() code in > > losetup.c? > > Yes,

Re: SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-21 Thread Emile van Bergen
(sorry) On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 09:47:25AM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: > I suspect with that things go wrong earlier, causing get_device() in > extract_kernel.c to be called with an empty (non-null) image parameter. It seems this can happen in extract_kernel.c, choose_and_install(), if both A

Re: SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-21 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 07:28:42PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > I found a spot in boot-floppies where this could happen, and added a > check. I think this will have to wait for r3 though. Do you see any > possible workarounds in the find_unused_loop_device() code in > losetup.c? Yes, don't

Re: SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-20 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 08:47:25AM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 08:25:20AM +0100, Åke Wivänge wrote: > > > > That device is normally on the root.bin filesystem. Maybe > > > it got deleted or hidden somehow? You should see many devices > > > in /dev, including l

Re: SV: SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-20 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 10:20:49AM +0100, Åke Wivänge wrote: > I used a SBM floppy to boot from the CD. The sbm floppy image came from > the Debian CD. > > I tried to boot from a rescue floppy / root floppy (images from the > Debian CD) and then installed from the CD - same result. > > I've

SV: SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-20 Thread Åke Wivänge
> > > That device is normally on the root.bin filesystem. Maybe > > > it got deleted or hidden somehow? You should see many devices > > > in /dev, including loop0-7. > > > > It's already there, and "makedeving" it again has no effect. > > I noticed that you can also get this message if the device

Re: SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-20 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 08:25:20AM +0100, Åke Wivänge wrote: > > That device is normally on the root.bin filesystem. Maybe > > it got deleted or hidden somehow? You should see many devices > > in /dev, including loop0-7. > > It's already there, and "makedeving" it again has no effect. I not

SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-19 Thread Åke Wivänge
> That device is normally on the root.bin filesystem. Maybe > it got deleted or hidden somehow? You should see many devices > in /dev, including loop0-7. It's already there, and "makedeving" it again has no effect. \Åke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri