Thanks for your help, problems solved ! > > Previous to using the DVD.iso I was using CD images, > > but here I can only loop-mount 8 images at a time. > > I have not found a way to increase the loop devices > > to more than 8 in order to mount all 12 CD.isos at the > > same time. Any suggestions ?! > > I just googled 'more than 8 loop devices' and got 796,000 > references. Most of the first 10 look to be relevant.
This one helps a great deal http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/CDServer-HOWTO/kerneltweak.html On Thursday 21 October 2004 17:54, Robert Parker wrote: > On Thursday 21 October 2004 18:07, G. Klein wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have sucessfully downloaded the DVD iso images for > > sarge-i386 with jigdo. The image was o.k. according to > > the jigdo status. When loop mounting the image I get > > Input/Output errors reading some of the deb packages. > > I get the impression, that all packages beyond the 2GB > > of the image cannot be read, but I am not sure about that. > > Is there an issue with loop mounting >2GB images ? > > Can anyone point into the direction where to check. > > I'm running 2.4.18-k7 kernel on a Woody desktop system. > Just loop mounted dvd iso, sarge-i386-1.iso and checked > md5sum -c md5sum.txt > which ran through 100% ok - it took a while. > So I don't think its a > 2gig issue at all. Ok, sorry for troubling the list in this matter. Should have checked the md5sum after copying to my externel harddisk again. There is NO > 2GB issue with kernel 2.4.21 on my sarge system for loop devices. thanks for your help ! > > > I am using kernel 2.4.21 on a notebook with sarge. > > > HTH > Bob Parker -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
