Re: Linux 2.3.99pre9-2 JOB list

From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Thu May 18 2000 - 02:06:35 EDT

  • Next message: Jim Treadway: "Re: Linux 2.3.99pre9-2 JOB list"

    On Wed, 17 May 2000, Blu3 wrote:

    > On Wed, 17 May 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
    > > Are we talking about a loopback filesystem, or the loopback block
    > > device? Andries' patch for the loopback block device made it into a
    > > recent 2.3.x kernel.
    > >
    > > So, maybe these two items can be crossed off, after testing?
    >
    > I'd rather not cross off loopback fs. Mounting anything loopback is a sure
    > recipe for a quick deadlock of the machine. For me this is a few seconds
    > before it catches like a plague.

    WTF _is_ loopback fs, in the first place? Could you post mount arguments
    and your /etc/fstab?

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