Reinhard Katzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi Guillaume,
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 01:09:37PM +0100, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>> Reinhard Katzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > Another bug (I did install the newest devfsd from 1.3.18, but not yet
>> > reboot, maybe this cures the problem):
>> > loop.o module is not loaded (modprobe) with the current version.
>> 
>> Why should it take the "loop.o" module anyway?
>
> Because otherwise there is no /dev/loop# device accessable, so the
> initrd image can not be created. (Maybe the mdk kernel do include
> the loop support in the kernel, I'm one of those who like to have
> as much stuff as possible outside the kernel, I don't usually need
> the loopback device).

It's loaded before uninstalling the kernel :

chmou@giants|~| rpm -q --scripts kernel-2.4.17.2mdk-1-1mdk|grep -i loop
/sbin/modprobe loop 2> /dev/null > /dev/null

To be sure the user can regenerate an initrd...

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