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Re: What am I doing wrong with mkinitrd?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Lee)
Thu Nov 7 18:44:56 1996
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 17:47:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
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On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Jeremy Hansen wrote:
> Here's what I do with mkinitrd
>
> bloodlet:/boot# mkinitrd /boot/initrd 2.0.24
>
> and I get
>
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/loop0 as a block device
> (maybe `insmod driver'?)
> umount: /tmp/initrd.mnt-289: not mounted
> /dev/loop0: No such device
You need a kernel that supports loopback mounting, to start with. The one
from RHL 4.0 has it.
-- Elliot
A: "Talk about stupidity!"
B: "Who, you?"
A: "No, me!"
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