Thanks for the reply, Mikkel.
Whenever I type modprobe loop, it comes back and says Can't locate module
loop. I have a functioning 2.2.16 kernel on a floppy (made with mkbootdisk)
that I am booting from currently, do I need to somehow put that back on my
hard drive under /boot before I can do a modprobe loop?
--Moby
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mikkel L. Ellertson
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 1708
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>
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Mobeen Azhar wrote:
>
> > Hello all, I upgraded the kernel on my RH 7.0 box from 2.2.16-22 to
> > 2.2.17-14. I successfully installed the following RPMS:
> >
> > kernel-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm
> > kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm
> > kernel-utils-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm
> >
> > All the RPMS installed without a problem. However, whenever I
> try to run
> > mkinitrd to create a RAM disk image for the new kernel,
> mkinitrd bombs with
> > the message "All you loopback devices are in use". I even tried to run
> > mkinitrd in single user mode to no avail (thinking perhaps some
> other stuff
> > running on the box might be using up the loopback devices). I
> checked and
> > made sure that I have /dev/loop0 through /dev/loop15.
> >
> > Although I am relatively new to Linux, I have done kernel
> upgrades in the
> > past without a problem. I cannot figure out what is going
> wrong this time!
> > My system is using mkinitrd from the mkintrd-2.6-1 RPM. Does
> anyone have
> > any suggestions how to overcome this last hurdle in the kernel upgade?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help,
> > --Moby
> >
> >
> Try running "modprobe loop" before running makeing the RAM disk.
> Sometimes the module doesn't get loaded when it should.
>
> Mikkel
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