From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268401AbUHQUU3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:20:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268407AbUHQUU3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:20:29 -0400 Received: from ishtar.tlinx.org ([64.81.245.74]:63135 "EHLO ishtar.tlinx.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268401AbUHQUUQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:20:16 -0400 Message-ID: <41226871.5080900@tlinx.org> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:20:01 -0700 From: "L. A. Walsh" Organization: Tlinx Solutions User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (Windows/20040626) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Darren Williams CC: Rahul Jain , LKML Subject: Re: Kernel recompilation error References: <20040817044343.GA17796@cse.unsw.EDU.AU> In-Reply-To: <20040817044343.GA17796@cse.unsw.EDU.AU> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Yep...if ya ever find yourself running on a no-loop back kernel -- first thing to do is compile-up a new one with it enabled so you can make new kernels! :-) -l Darren Williams wrote: >Hi Rahul >As a guess the kernel you are compiling on >does not have loopback enabled and therefore >you are seeing this message. > >I use to see this message on RH7 and 8 if >I had no loopback device. > >Darren > >On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Rahul Jain wrote: > > > >>Hi, >> >>This is the first time I am seeing this error while recompiling the >>kernel. Could someone plz explain what it means and how to fix it. >> >>I get this error message when I run the command 'make install'. Till this >>point everything else works out properly. >> >>Error Message >>------------- >>All of your loopback devices are in use. >>mkinitrd failed >> >>The commands run before this were >>make mrproper >>make menuconfig >>make dep >>make bzImage >>make modules and >>make modules_install >> >>Thanks, >>Rahul. >> >>- >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >>the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> >> >-------------------------------------------------- >Darren Williams >Gelato@UNSW >-------------------------------------------------- >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > -- In the marketplace of "Real goods", capitalism is limited by safety regulations, consumer protection laws, and product liability. In the computer industry, what protects consumers (other than vendor good will that seems to diminish inversely to their size)?