Compiling with kgcc compiler from RedHat 7.0 breaks loopback in the
way you describe on 2.4.2-prex kernels and I suspect also in the real 2.4.2.
Jim
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> I have been running 2.4.1-pre10 for quite some time with no
> problems. I just upgraded to 2.4.2 and everything seem to work
> fine until I did... (as root or course)
>
> mount -t iso9660 -o loop,ro mycdimage.iso /mnt/cdrom
>
> at which point the mount process hung in an uninterruptable sleep.
> after that I can no longer successfully issue any other mount
> commands, including non-loopback mounts. I can mount/unmount
> regular partitions before mounting anything via loopback.
>
> Any ideas as to what is wrong?
> The only thing I can think of is that my modutils is v2.3.19
> but I doubt that is doing it as the loop module and other modules
> are loaded fine.
>
> If anybody has an idea as to what I broke please let me know.
> I will upgrade modutils tomorrow and see if the problem goes
> away while I wait for a possibly more accurate response.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jeff Wiegley
>
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