:-) yup - number 3 is the answer. I know from the previous times at this point that it's not going to boot; now I just want to see if maybe there's a bug in mkinitrd or something like that?
Mike On 6 Nov 2002, James Sparenberg wrote: > Mike when you say rescue do you mean it can't boot or it can boot but > the new kernel isn't usable? OR you don't know if it will reboot and > don't dare find out *grin* > > James > > > On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 12:03, Michael Holt wrote: > > Hello, > > I just finished trying to recompile my kernel for the third time; I'm sure I > > followed all the steps exactly as described on the MUO pages and when it > > gets to the make install part - it fails on mkinitrd. I try doing it > > manually as the error message suggests and I get: > > > > mke2fs 1.27 (14-Mar-2002) > > could not find any device /dev/loop# > > Can't get a loopback device > > > > > > I've left my laptop sitting as is and I'm hoping that I can rescue it from > > where it is - if not, at least find out what the problem is. > > > > Thanks for any help, Mike > > > > > > ---- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > -- Michael Holt Banning, CA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrake.com ============================================================< Bad or missing mouse driver. Spank the cat? (Y/N)
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