On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 08:47:33PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > Does anybody know why loopback mounts stopped working when I went > from 2.6.22 to 2.6.23-rc3? My config didn't change, the only thing > that did was which source tarball I pointed the build at.
Works here - verify that it really doesn't work and provide more details: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=test-loop seek=1K bs=1K count=1 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 1024 bytes (1.0 kB) copied, 0.000304 seconds, 3.4 MB/s [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mke2fs test-loop mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) test-loop is not a block special device. Proceed anyway? (y,n) y Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=1024 (log=0) Fragment size=1024 (log=0) 128 inodes, 1024 blocks 51 blocks (4.98%) reserved for the super user First data block=1 Maximum filesystem blocks=1048576 1 block group 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group 128 inodes per group Writing inode tables: done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 38 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mount test-loop mnt -o loop [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# df mnt Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /root/test-loop 1003 17 935 2% /root/mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# uname -a Linux uml-test.goober.org 2.6.23-rc3-mm1 #382 Thu Aug 23 22:52:48 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user