On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Ralf Burger wrote:
> hi all,
>
> the loop-device in this kernel shows a little bit strange behaviour:
>
> this script works fine since a long time
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/fsfile bs=1k count=4000
> mkfs.minix /tmp/fsfile 4000
> mount -t minix -o loop /tmp/fsfile /mnt/fd2
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> but with a 2.3.40-kernel it results in:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> csb:/usr/src/linux # dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/fsfile bs=1k count=4000
> 4000+0 records in
> 4000+0 records out
> csb:/usr/src/linux # mkfs.minix /tmp/fsfile 4000
> 1344 inodes
> 4000 blocks
> Firstdatazone=46 (46)
> Zonesize=1024
> Maxsize=268966912
>
> csb:/usr/src/linux # mount -t minix -o loop /tmp/fsfile /mnt/fd2
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
> or too many mounted file systems
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> loop.o is loaded and minix is supported
>
> lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> loop 7280 0
>
> mount
> /dev/fd0 on /mnt/fd0 type minix (rw)
>
>
> regards
>
> ralf
I also reported the problem with the loop device. A temporary work
around is to use your ramdisk instead of mounting a file using
the loop device. This is if you are trying to make an initrd or
similar. Remember to zero /dev/ram0 first because mkfs doesn't.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.3.39 on an i686 machine (800.63 BogoMips).
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