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Old 11-13-2002, 11:19 AM   #1
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loopback device in 2.5.47 broken


Just as a short information, the loopback device (loop) is broken in 2.5.47 ... 2.5.46 works fine though!
 
Old 11-13-2002, 11:21 AM   #2
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well it's a development kernel, these things shouldn't be particuarly suprising. normal users should not be using these kernels anyway.
 
Old 11-13-2002, 11:46 AM   #3
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Yep that's true but as a desktop user why not use something alike if you want to take a look at the maybe upcomming features ... always good to know
 
Old 11-13-2002, 11:52 AM   #4
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or want to risk trashing your hard drive...
 
  


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