sounds like a dud cd. where did you get it from?
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:45:46 +1300 Andy Leach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I expected some issues but thought I would get a little further... On > booting from the CD I get the following error message: > > "Invalid loop location: /livecd.squashfs Please export LOOP with a > valid location, or reboot and pass a proper loop= command line" > > I couldn't find anything on the gentoo website and all I found on google > was an unanswered posting of the same problem and > http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=cache:hwOiIfqt-34J:dev.gentoo.org/~plasmaroo/patches/kernel/genkernel/linuxrc.jhuebel+%22pass+a+proper+loop%22&hl=en > which contains the following code > > [ -n "$QUIET" ] && echo '6' > /proc/sys/kernel/printk > check_loop() { > if [ "${LOOP}" = '' -o ! -e "mnt/cdrom/${LOOP}" ] > then > echo "Invalid loop location: ${LOOP}" > echo 'Please export LOOP with a valid location, or reboot and pass a > proper loop=...' > echo 'kernel command line!' > /bin/ash > fi > } > > sadly, this hasn't enlightened me. It doesn't seem to be mentioned in > the docs. If it makes any difference > I already have windows on the machine and am aiming for a dual boot system. > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
