Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-08 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Colin Williams wrote: > I seem to have resolved the issue above after rebooting. Congrats. I planned to propose lsmod today, but your exploration work was faster. Nevertheless, i wonder why the loop module was not loaded when you had the difficulties with your script runs. Have a nice day

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Colin Williams
I seem to have resolved the issue above after rebooting. Thanks for helping to debug Thomas and everyone. On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 1:29 PM Colin Williams wrote: > > > -- > > > > Do you have a file > > /dev/loop-control > > ? > >

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Colin Williams
> -- > > Do you have a file > /dev/loop-control > ? > > What is listed by > > ls -ld /dev/loop* > colin@M00974055-VM:~$ sudo ls /dev/loop-control [sudo] password for colin: ls: cannot access '/dev/loop-control': No such file

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread David Wright
ath > didn't exist. But perhaps it was cleaned up after the script finished > executing. > > On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 1:19 AM Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Colin Williams: > > > 3) When trying to create the loopback device the script tries to use a > > > pa

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Colin Williams wrote: > http://ix.io/3vfj Where i read +++ sudo losetup --show -f /mnt/host/source/src/build/ima ges/kukui/R94-14125.0.2021_08_07_0451-a1/chromiumos_base_ image.bin losetup: cannot find an unused loop device ++ lb_dev= ++ sudo losetup -l -a +++ sudo partx -v -d

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Colin Williams
ot found colin@M00974055-VM:~/chromiumos/src/scripts$ sudo losetup -l -a [sudo] password for colin: colin@M00974055-VM:~/chromiumos/src/scripts$ no output appears. On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 1:19 AM Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Hi, > > Colin Williams: > > 3) When trying to create the loopba

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Colin Williams
et to /mnt/host/src 3) When trying to create the loopback device the script tries to use a path /mnt/host/src/rc/build/images/kukui/R94-14125.0.2021_08_05_1510-a1/chromiumos_base_image.bin which does not exist 4) I'm stuck trying to figure out why GCLIENT_ROOT can't be set to the actua

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Colin Williams: > 3) When trying to create the loopback device the script tries to use a > path > /mnt/host/src/rc/build/images/kukui/R94-14125.0.2021_08_05_1510-a1/chromiumos_base_image.bin > which does not exist The error message of losetup does not match this theory. Did y

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Colin Williams wrote: > http://ix.io/3v3i At least this shows an impressive partition table. (Among them 5 partitions of size 512 bytes.) > http://ix.io/3v6K (Best to be downloaded and viewed in a text editor.) > I believe the issues arise in > https://github.com/drocsid/cros-scripts/blo

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-07 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 09:48:29PM -0700, Colin Williams wrote: > Hello everyone, > > In hindsight after looking at this much too late there were many > mistakes in my initial mail. The issue may or may not be debian > related and involves at least analyzing the script. There is a claim > in the d

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-06 Thread Colin Williams
--board=${BOARD} --noenable_rootfs_verification dev whose output is shown in http://ix.io/3v3i 4) I assume the script is supposed to create a file used as a loopback device to write the image contents 5) The issue then might likely be script related and not debian related 6) I also posted to the chromium-dev google gro

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, The Wanderer wrote: > It might be worth filing a documentation-level kernel bug report about > this, or at least posting to the LKML to ask what the reasoning here is. ... together with a handful of sr and isofs bug fixes, if this was an ideal world. {:) I wrote: > > (Wasn't there a way to

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread The Wanderer
"m" to get /dev/loop*. > See its description at > https://sources.debian.org/src/linux/5.10.46-1/drivers/block/Kconfig/#L174 > > But i'm somewhat puzzled by this statement at the end > "Most users will answer N here." That does seem odd; at least in the mo

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > Can someone tell me where I should look for the kernel for the > loopback setting? Quite exactly a year ago i learned the hard way that it's CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP which on amd64 should be set to "m" to get /dev/loop*. See its description at https://sources.debian.org/src/linux/5.10.46-1/dri

Re: losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 04:36:59AM -0700, Colin Williams wrote: > I'm running bullseye / debian 11.0 testing. I have been running a > script that is supposed to write a filesystem image (for chromiumOS). > In short I'm getting the following > > losetup: cannot find an unused loop device > partx: s

losetup: cannot find an unused loop device , kernel config of loopback device

2021-08-05 Thread Colin Williams
I'm running bullseye / debian 11.0 testing. I have been running a script that is supposed to write a filesystem image (for chromiumOS). In short I'm getting the following losetup: cannot find an unused loop device partx: stat of failed: No such file or directory partx: stat of failed: No such fi

Re: loopback device not configured automatically

2012-11-15 Thread Roman V.Leon.
properly, it is quite simple if you need common settings. Hi, i am having trouble with my network manager, when i do `ifconfig` i can't see loopback device although it shows my machine's ip ,mac address and other info. also,i cant perform `#ifdown eth0` , ` #ifdown lo ` ,`

Re: problem mount hard disk using loopback device

2006-12-28 Thread Jon Dowland
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 03:02:43PM +0800, Trace Green wrote: > Hello, I have one question to ask: > > When I try to use Knoppix 5.0 liveCD, I can mount any of > my partitoin using loopback device, that's say: > > mount -t vfat -o offset=`expr 234567821 "*" 512` /

problem mount hard disk using loopback device

2006-12-27 Thread Trace Green
Hello, I have one question to ask: When I try to use Knoppix 5.0 liveCD, I can mount any of my partitoin using loopback device, that's say: mount -t vfat -o offset=`expr 234567821 "*" 512` /dev/hda /mnt/hda5 as an example. But in my own Debian system . I can't do th

Re: SCSI boot and loopback device

2001-03-13 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, maybe you have an initial ramdisk which contains the module for your scsi controller. If not, compile the same kernle, without the loopback device, and see what goes wrong. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Scott E.Graves wrote: > Why is it necessary to have the loopback device

Re: SCSI boot and loopback device

2001-03-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 03:13:45AM -0600, Scott E. Graves wrote: > Why is it necessary to have the loopback device in order to boot Linux from a > SCSI controller? I've been searching for the answer, but can't seem to find > any information. Why do you think it's necessa

SCSI boot and loopback device

2001-03-13 Thread Scott E . Graves
Why is it necessary to have the loopback device in order to boot Linux from a SCSI controller? I've been searching for the answer, but can't seem to find any information. Scott

Install on Loopback device

2000-01-28 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I am interested in helping a friend install Debian. His father is unsure of repartioning and trying Linux. I thought about using distro's like PhatLinux or WinLinux, which install to a disk image instead of a raw partition, but they just aren't debian. Is there already boot disks/in

Re: loopback device

2000-01-14 Thread aphro
s i was wondering if there was dhamil >> any complications that anyone has encountered with having all 8 (or dhamil >> perhaps more?) in use, they won't be very active but i've never worked dhamil >> with the loopback device till today, so im not sure what to dhamil &

Re: loopback device

2000-01-14 Thread David Hamilton
same time have all the files > there. I see there are 8 loopback devices i was wondering if there was > any complications that anyone has encountered with having all 8 (or > perhaps more?) in use, they won't be very active but i've never worked > with the loopback device

loopback device

2000-01-14 Thread aphro
that anyone has encountered with having all 8 (or perhaps more?) in use, they won't be very active but i've never worked with the loopback device till today, so im not sure what to expect. Running kernel 2.2.10 debian slink thanks! nate [mai

ANNOUNCE: Crude hack for installing Debian thru the loopback device.

1998-09-24 Thread Jens Ritter
amm) > CD-ROM from Cheapbytes. What I want to do is install Debian onto my D: > hard drive partition in a file using the loopback device. The problem > is that the Debian installer program seems hard-wired to offer me only > /dev/hda1 but not /dev/loop0. I can switch to the second vir

Re: Help on installing Debian thru the loopback device.

1998-09-24 Thread Jens Ritter
amm) > CD-ROM from Cheapbytes. What I want to do is install Debian onto my D: > hard drive partition in a file using the loopback device. The problem > is that the Debian installer program seems hard-wired to offer me only > /dev/hda1 but not /dev/loop0. I can switch to the second vir

Help on installing Debian thru the loopback device.

1998-09-24 Thread scottg
install Debian onto my D: hard drive partition in a file using the loopback device. The problem is that the Debian installer program seems hard-wired to offer me only /dev/hda1 but not /dev/loop0. I can switch to the second virtual console and mount the D: drive and use losetup to associate a loopback