* ][ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20070207 04:15]: > On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:10:18 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:
> >> I noticed that loop mounts are not automatically cleaned in my system. > >> Is there any way that I can fix it? > > Which mount version are you using? 'dpkg -S =mount ; mount --version' > > I'm using mount of package loop-aes-utils and did not notice the > > mentioned behaviour. > Strange to me too. Here is the required info: > $ dpkg -S =mount > dpkg: *=mount* not found. bash user, ey? 8-) [...] > $ sudo mount -o loop grml_small_0.3.iso /mnt/os2/ > $ mount | grep os2 > /dev/loop2 on /mnt/os2 type iso9660 (ro) > $ sudo umount /mnt/os2/ > $ ps -e | grep loop > 32721 ? 00:00:00 loop0 > 3332 ? 00:00:00 loop1 > 2776 ? 00:00:00 loop2 Run 'losetup -d /dev/loop2' to fix the issue manually. To fix the issue for the future remove the symlink /etc/mtab pointing to /proc/mounts: rm /etc/mtab cp /proc/mounts /etc/mtab -> from now on your system should remove the loop device automatically. regards, -mika- -- http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog #grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc
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