Do an lsmod and see if the loop module is loaded. If not, try doing a "modprobe loop". The module might not even be in your /lib/modules directory, in which case you'll have to compile it. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Schewe [mailto:jpschewe at mtu.net] > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 2:30 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] 2.4.2 and /dev/loop not working > > > I've got an ext2 filesystem image of my old root filesystem, > just in case I > forgot some settings. Under 2.2.18 I had no truoble mounting it with: > mount /home/old-root.img /mnt/oldroot -t ext2 -o ro,loop > > Now under 2.4.2 I try the same thing and it just hangs. > Anyone got any clues? > > That and I've noticed 2.4.2 wants to hang on startup and > shutdown for a long > time, like it's waiting for a timeout, but there's nothing in > the logs. The > system is SuSE 7.1. > > -- > Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe | jpschewe at mtu.net > For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels > nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any > powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all > creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that > is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >