Re: loopback failure with 2.2.x and NFS (BUG?)

From: ferret@phonewave.net
Date: Thu May 18 2000 - 10:12:47 EST

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Ah, you mean a regular file on an NFS mount cannot be treated as a block
device by the 2.2.x loopback device?

On 18 May 2000, Trond Myklebust wrote:

> >>>>> " " == ferret <ferret@phonewave.net> writes:
>
> > dmesg reports: loop: device has no block access/not implemented
>
> The 2.2.x loopback device can only mount block devices. An NFS
> partition is not a block device.
>
> Cheers,
> Trond
>

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