There may be a fault in the loop device and/or
the mount/umount stuff.
I am using kernelv 2.1.113 and mount/unmount v2.8
The effect: mounting a loop device is ok, umount
(seems to) work fine. Remounting is also ok, but
this time the next loop device will be used. umounting
(seems to work) again. A third remount of the loop device
fails, cause there could be no free loop device found!!!
I find no way of getting rid of that mount. I have to
reboot!!! And more bad: The harddisk device, where the
corresponding file resides cannot be umounted cleanly due
to the "hanging" connection to the loop. An fschk-run
is the result.
To clearify the situation, I have added the log of the
mount/umount "session".
Sometimes I recognize this "hanging" or "not forgetting" of
previously mounted & later umounted devices also with my
syquest-EZFlyer drive.
Fault in the kernel? My fault?
Any help is welcome! Thank you very much in advance!
(please cc also to me directly, cause I have again
problems with the kernel mailing list. Every weekend....)
KEEP HACKING!
meino
---THE LOG--------------------------
solfire: /root/getting/tomsrtbt-1.6.73 > cat /proc/devices
Character devices:
1 mem
2 pty
3 ttyp
4 tty
5 tty
7 vcs
9 st
10 misc
14 sound
Block devices:
7 loop
8 sd
solfire: /root/getting/tomsrtbt-1.6.73 > mount -o loop tomsrtbt-1.6.73.raw fl
solfire: /root/getting/tomsrtbt-1.6.73 > cat /proc/mounts
/dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sda4 /home ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sda3 /usr ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb5 /home/development ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb7 /home/sdb7 ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb8 /home/sdb8 ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb9 /home/data ext2 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
/dev/loop0 fl minix rw 0 0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
solfire: /root/getting/tomsrtbt-1.6.73 > umount /dev/loop0
solfire: /root/getting/tomsrtbt-1.6.73 > cat /proc/mounts
/dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sda4 /home ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sda3 /usr ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb5 /home/development ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb7 /home/sdb7 ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb8 /home/sdb8 ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb9 /home/data ext2 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
solfire: /root/getting/tomsrtbt-1.6.73 > mount -o loop tomsrtbt-1.6.73.raw fl
solfire: /root/getting/tomsrtbt-1.6.73 > cat /proc/mounts
/dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sda4 /home ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sda3 /usr ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb5 /home/development ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb7 /home/sdb7 ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb8 /home/sdb8 ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb9 /home/data ext2 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
/dev/loop1 fl minix rw 0 0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
solfire: /root/getting/tomsrtbt-1.6.73 > 19Pumountr/dev/loop1bt-1.6.73.raw fl
solfire: /root/getting/tomsrtbt-1.6.73 > catu/proc/mounts1
/dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sda4 /home ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sda3 /usr ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb5 /home/development ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb7 /home/sdb7 ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb8 /home/sdb8 ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/sdb9 /home/data ext2 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
solfire: /root/getting/tomsrtbt-1.6.73 > mount -o loop tomsrtbt-1.6.73.raw fl
mount: could not find any free loop device !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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E-Mail: Meino Christian Cramer <root@solfire.ludwigsburg.netsurf.de>
Date: 02-Aug-98
Time: 06:41:04
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