I don't think so. Loop works fine on my 2.4.1. I made a hasty downgrade from 2.4.2 after reading your original post and seeing the problem for myself (need loop for my daily cdr burnings). Interestingly I used my kernel config for 2.4.2 to recompile my 2.4.1.
On Wednesday 28 February 2001 09:06, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > Hi > > thanx... and so i guess i have to wait then :-> > > Edwin Lau > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:50:17 S . Salman Ahmed wrote: > > >>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>>> writes: > > > > Andreas> Hi Edwin, > > Andreas> > > Andreas> today I had exactly the same problem on my potato > > box with Andreas> kernel version 2.4.2. So I tried to reboot with > > kernel Andreas> 2.2.18 and it worked without any problems. I'm > > afraid there Andreas> is something wrong with the loop module in > > kernel 2.4.2 or Andreas> maybe an incompatibility with the > > version of mount from Andreas> potato. > > Andreas> > > > > Loopback device support is currently broken in 2.4.2. Trying to > > mount an ISO image using the loopback device will hang mount so > > badly that even kill -9 on it won't work. > > > > The bug has been fixed though, in either the ac3 or ac4 patch. > > > > -- > > Salman Ahmed > > ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Edwin Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
