Re: Loop stuck in -D state

2001-03-05 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > Are you saying that the initrd is broken again as well? (having > > trouble understanding the problem.. don't see why you need the > > loop device or rather how its being busted is connected to your >

Re: Loop stuck in -D state

2001-03-05 Thread davidge
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Jeff Garzik wrote: >... > > 2.4.3-pre2 should be the one to test... it should include the latest > loop fixes.. > For what I've tested, 2.4.3-pre2 works fine with the loop device. David Gómez "The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whe

Re: Loop stuck in -D state

2001-03-05 Thread Jeff Garzik
Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > Now I'm in a load of trouble. I can't make a boot-disk to get back > > to 2.4.1 because I use initrd for my hard disk modules and the loop > > device is broken. > > What's wrong with 2.4.2 that makes you want to go back? A

Re: Loop stuck in -D state

2001-03-05 Thread Sergey Kubushin
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > The initial RAM disk image is created using the loop device. You > can create a RAM disk image for initrd by using the ram device. > However, that doesn't work once the system has been booted off > it (try it, be ready for a complete hang). So don'

Re: Loop stuck in -D state

2001-03-05 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > > > I tried Linux 2.4.2 > > > Now I'm in a load of trouble. I can't make a boot-disk to get back > > > to 2.4.1 because I use initrd for my hard disk mo

Re: Loop stuck in -D state

2001-03-05 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > I tried Linux 2.4.2 > > Now I'm in a load of trouble. I can't make a boot-disk to get back > > to 2.4.1 because I use initrd for my hard disk modules and the loop > > device is broken. > > What's wrong

Re: Loop stuck in -D state

2001-03-05 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > I tried Linux 2.4.2 > Now I'm in a load of trouble. I can't make a boot-disk to get back > to 2.4.1 because I use initrd for my hard disk modules and the loop > device is broken. What's wrong with 2.4.2 that makes you want to go back? Anyway, if y

Loop stuck in -D state

2001-03-05 Thread Richard B. Johnson
I tried Linux 2.4.2 Now I'm in a load of trouble. I can't make a boot-disk to get back to 2.4.1 because I use initrd for my hard disk modules and the loop device is broken. 100 0 1055 1040 9 0780 780 wait_on_buf D 1 0:00 mount -o loop -t ext2 /tmp/ram /tmp/Ramdisk This is