| Summary: | genkernel 3.0.1 linuxrc error (losetup parameters reversed) | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Everett Haimes <everett> |
| Component: | Current packages | Assignee: | Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers <genkernel> |
| Status: | RESOLVED NEEDINFO | ||
| Severity: | major | ||
| Priority: | High | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | x86 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
Sorry, the losetup command seems is fine. Here is the error I'm having: Step 51a: mount gcloop (ext2) filesystem modprobe gentoo script v1.0 Usage: modprobe moduleprefix Ex: modprobe eepro100 Note: Do not pass the suffix to modprobe losetup: ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument FAILED TO losetup THE LOOP DEVICE BusyBox v1.00-pre7 (2004.03.18-10:29+0000) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. /bin/ash: can't access tty; job control turned off Can you please attach your kernel config - also, what cipher did you use for the loopback? Closing due to inactivity. Please reopen this bug if you still experience this issue with genkernel-3.0.2b: we encountered this on 2.4 series kernels and this issue should now be fixed in that release. |
When building a new livecd with catalyst, losetup fails so mounting the loopback device won't work. Hence, the LiveCD won't boot. I found the problem to be in genkernel (3.0.1) generic/linuxrc. /usr/share/genkernel/generic/linuxrc at line 243 echo " " | losetup -E 19 -e ucl-0 -p0 /newroot/dev/loop0 /newroot/mnt/cdrom/${LOOP} echo " " | losetup -E 19 -e ucl-0 -p0 /newroot/mnt/cdrom/${LOOP} /newroot/dev/loop0 The last two parameters are reversed and the command fails. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Build LiveCD with Catalyst (gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.4-r1) 2. Boot to LiveCD Actual Results: losetup command fails. Loopback filesystem will not mount. Expected Results: losetup complete, mount successful.