On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 07:41:13AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 10:03:12AM +0100, steve wrote: > > Jan 19 09:47:52 box systemd-udevd[611]: sdg5: Failed to update device > > symlinks: Too many levels of symbolic links > > Jan 19 09:47:52 box systemd-udevd[581]: sdg6: Failed to update device > > symlinks: Too many levels of symbolic links > > Look for a symlink that points to itself, presumably in either /dev or > /etc/udev. If you can't find one, then look for a symlink that points > to an earlier point in the path to itself, creating a loop.
FWIW GNU find is said to detect circular links. Try find $YOUR_SUSPECT_ROOT -follow -printf "" (the printf is there to quench the noise). It should complain when it detects a cycle. Warning: untested. Cheers - t
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