Re: Reiser4 and loop device problems

[Arend Freije <afreije@inn.nl>]

Edward Shishkin wrote:
>> On Do, 15.11.07 22:49 "Dushan Tcholich" <dusanc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Can you remember the last kernel that worked?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Dushan
>>>       
>> Unfortunately not for sure. I'm not even sure if it ever worked at all,
>> to be honest. There were some old threads from 2003 saying that loop is
>> not supported (yet). Did that ever change?
>>     
>
> No, it didn't.
> Sorry..
>   
>>
>>> On Nov 15, 2007 10:44 PM, Thomas Kuther <gimpel@sonnenkinder.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> ...
>>>> * filsystem created with
>>>>         $ mkfs.reiser4
>>>> * mounted with noatime
>>>> * no cryptcompress or anything non-default
>>>>
>>>> $ mount -o loop -t
>>>> iso9660 /tmp/systemrescuecd-x86-0.4.0.iso /mnt/cdrom ioctl:
>>>> LOOP_SET_FD: Invalid argument
>>>>
>>>>         

Hi,

Sorry for intruding, but I'm a bit surprised about the conformation on
'loop is not supported (yet)' question.
The example of Thomas shows the mounting of an ISO-9960 file system via
a loop device. All partions on my system are reiser4, and I can execute
'mount -t iso9960 -o loop' without any problem. Why do you confirm that
loop is still not supported?

Kind Regards,

Arend Freije