[TriLUG] Strange things happening with Losetup

Andrew Ball anball at gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 15:49:40 EST 2008


Do you have any more information for the system logs?

Could you do

sudo strace losetup /dev/loop0 | tee > output 2>&1

and paste (pastebin.ca) or attach the output?

Peace,
Andrew

On Jan 30, 2008 1:57 PM, James c. Jones <jonesjc at intrex.net> wrote:
> All,
>
> While I have been playing with loop devices, I have been using losetup
> and everything seemed to work okay with this command.
>
> For no apparent reason, the last attempt to use losetup resulted in the
> following:
>
> jcj at jcj-desktop:~$ sudo losetup /dev/loop0
> /dev/loop0: [1eb0]:-1208219608 () offset -1208397104, xor encryption
> loop: can't get info on device /dev/loop0: No such device or address
>
> If I use the following -- it gives an ordinary response.
>
> jcj at jcj-desktop:~$ sudo losetup -f
> /dev/loop0
>
> Anyone have any ideas why I am getting this response?
>
> jcj
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