> > 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
#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
#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,
(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
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
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
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
> > > 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
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
> 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
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