From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from systemhalted (CPE00207807b093-CM.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [24.112.180.230]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65FD24829 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:17:03 -0700 (MST) Received: from carlos by systemhalted with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18kzBe-0004qE-00 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 23:16:54 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 23:16:54 -0500 From: Carlos O'Donell To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Message-ID: <20030218041653.GI15855@systemhalted> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [parisc-linux] /dev/loop0 problems in 2.5.x? Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: parisc, Works in 2.4.x, thinking of moving part of the cluster to 2.5, but I like to play with swap over NFS. root@node01:/etc# /sbin/losetup /dev/loop0 /swapfile ioctl: LOOP_SET_FD: Inappropriate ioctl for device root@node01:/etc# uname -a Linux node01 2.5.59-pa2 #2 Thu Jan 23 00:49:22 EST 2003 parisc unknown unknown GNU/Linux Do I need newer tools for playing with 2.5.x on HPPA? Loopback is compiled into the kernel, no modules, and I can produce the .config if you would like to look :) Help is much appreciated. I've trolled a few places but no mention of this particular problem. c.