Loop device hang

Hi, Has the loop device hang problem that was in kernel 2.4.0 been fixed in 2.4.1 or 2.4.2? Thanks. -- Mark Bratcher - Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "u

Kernel 2.4.0 loop device still hangs

have seen other notes that claim that it is fixed. Can anyone confirm whether this bug is "officially" known to be in the official 2.4.0 kernel? Currently I have to reboot to 2.2.17 to do my CD-RW backups. Thanks. -- Mark Bratcher mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Kernel 2.4.0 loop device still hangs

d normally fail 100% of the time on 2.4.0 official). Thanks Jen! Can I continue running this patch on 2.4.0 with impunity, or do I need to be careful of anything else? :-) Mark Mark Bratcher wrote: > > Hello, > > I saw a post dated last fall 2000 sometime about the loop device h

Re: Kernel 2.4.0 loop device still hangs

Jens Axboe wrote: [snip] > > First of all, I'm all man (not up for debate) so it's Jens not Jen :-) > [snip] Doh! I beg your pardon. I must be blind. 8-) 8-) Mark - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read

ATAPI Tape Driver Failure in Kernel 2.4.4

. Anyone know what causes this problem? Please reply directly, as I'm not a member of this list. Thanks :-) Mark Bratcher begin:vcard n:Bratcher;Mark tel;fax:716/288-4604 tel;work:716/288-7220 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.tpr.com org:Torrey Pines Research version:2.1 email;internet:[

ATAPI Tape Driver Failure in Kernel 2.4.4, More

Please reply directly, as I'm not a member of this list. Thanks :-) Mark Bratcher begin:vcard n:Bratcher;Mark tel;fax:716/288-4604 tel;work:716/288-7220 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.tpr.com org:Torrey Pines Research version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Director of Software Dev

Re: ATAPI Tape Driver Failure in Kernel 2.4.4, More

Tim, Thanks for the input. Sadly, it didn't work. I tried the SCSI emulation (which I already had running on the CD-ROM, which works), but it fails for the tape. With SCSI emulation turned on, the system recognizes the tape drive as SCSI. However, an attempt at the following command: mt -f /d

ATAPI failure in 2.4.4, not in 2.2.17 (UPDATE)

de I've reverted back to 2.2.17 kernel just so I can do successful IDE tape backups until I can get this problem with 2.4.4 resolved. Any helpful input appreciated. Please reply directly, as I'm not a member of this list. If I'm not stating the problem clearly, or if I haven&#