Hello,
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 07:17:49PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > * Subject: Re: [tomsrtbt] Where is losetup?
> > * From: Tom Oehser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > * Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 20:57:58 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >It is a documentation error and changelog error, it seems, since it is not
> >there. Do you really need it, and why? My inclination is to just put a
> >libc5 losetup on the add-ons sites. Losetup is _not_ needed to make and
> >to use loop filesystems- only to make them encrypted or use an offset...
>
> Exactly. I've only managed to make a copy of the whole hard disc just
> before it stopped to response. Unfortunately I don't have enough place
> to split the large file into partitions, that's why I needed losetup to
> be able to mount them.
Actually, I don't need losetup, because I have noticed that something I have
read somewhere else, works in tomsrtbt 2.0.103:
mount -o loop,offset=xxxx ....
But loop isn't documented in the mount manual page.
Maybe there are also options for other things losetup can do?
There seems to exist a problem with loop in 2.0.103:
----------------------------------------------------
(/dev/hdb has FAT16)
/# mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt
VFS: Can't find an ext3 filesystem on dev ide0(3,65).
/# mount -oloop /mnt/rescue/tom20103/raw/tom20103.raw /fl
/# umount /fl
/# umount /mnt
umount: /dev/hdb1: device is busy
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...
While rebooting:
Trace/breakpoint trap
Trace/breakpoint trap
umount: /dev/hdb1: device is busy
Please stand by while rebooting the system.
I have also noticed I can't mount and unmount the image more than 4 times
without creating new loop devices.
Regards
Guentcho
