Loopback device hangs on mount command

[Bill Rossi]

[1.] Loopback device hangs on mount command.

[2.] Mounting a loopback device hangs the process.  Eg.  Issuing

     losetup /dev/loop0 fsimg
     mount /dev/loop0 /mnt

     will hang at the mount command.  The mount process cannot be
     killed, nor can the loopback device be destroyed with losetup.

[3.] modules kernel loop
[4.] Linux mantissa 2.4.2 #15 Wed Mar 28 11:00:17 EST 2001 i686

-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or look
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux mantissa 2.4.2 #15 Wed Mar 28 11:00:17 EST 2001 i686
Kernel modules         2.4.3
Gnu C                  2.95.2
Gnu Make               3.75
Binutils               2.6.0.14
Linux C Library        5.4.46
Dynamic linker         ldd: version 1.9.9
Linux C++ Library      27.1.4
Linux C++ Library      10.0.so
Procps                 0.99
Mount                  2.10s
Net-tools              V
Kbd                    0.89
Sh-utils               1.12
Modules Loaded         sg loop isofs sr_mod cdrom ide-scsi aic7xxx 3c59x unix serial es1371 ac97_codec uart401 sound soundcore

Thank you,
Bill Rossi