Re: PROBLEM: block loop device hangs

2001-03-03 Thread Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Em Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 09:06:30AM -0600, Steven Brooks escreveu: > When mounting a file using the loopback device, the mount program hangs > for ever. Other than that, the system is still usable. > > Dist: Redhat-7 > Kernel: 2.4.2 (compiled with kgcc, i.e. egcs-2.91.66) FAQ, try 2.4.2-ac10, se

Re: PROBLEM: block loop device hangs

2001-03-03 Thread Jens Axboe
On Sat, Mar 03 2001, Steven Brooks wrote: > When mounting a file using the loopback device, the mount program hangs > for ever. Other than that, the system is still usable. Please read lkml archives before posting, this problem has been all over the list for the past two weeks. Use the latest 2

PROBLEM: block loop device hangs

2001-03-03 Thread Steven Brooks
When mounting a file using the loopback device, the mount program hangs for ever. Other than that, the system is still usable. Dist: Redhat-7 Kernel: 2.4.2 (compiled with kgcc, i.e. egcs-2.91.66) CPU: Pentium II 400 Mem: 128MB RAM + 512MB swap (More information below) For me, it is 100% reprodu

[BUG] [240-ac8] loop device hangs and sync does not return

2001-01-13 Thread Tilmann Bitterberg
I know there is something about loop device hangs in the 2.4 TODO list and I don't know if that is supposed to be fixed. If this BUG is known, please appreciate [1.] One line summary of the problem: [240-ac8] loop device hangs and sync does not return any more [2.] Full description o

loop device hangs

2000-11-03 Thread Christian van Enckevort
> 10. To Do But Non Showstopper > > * Loop device can still hang (William Stearns has script that will >hang 2.4.0-test7, Peter Enderborg has a short sequence that will >hang 2.4.0test9) I think I have the same problem with 2.4.0-test10 (with rieserfs-patch). With small imag