Michael, this seems to be a limitation of FUSE itself, because it is mmap()'ing a file in read-write mode, which seems to have a problem in fuse. I will soon confirm if this is the same cause. avati 2007/8/15, Michael Fincham <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi everyone, > > Has anyone had success with loop mounting a file stored on a glusterfs > volume? > > administrator@vs02:/mnt/temp$ sudo losetup -f file.img > ioctl: LOOP_SET_FD: Invalid argument > > I get this error but the same image works fine on an ext2 partition. > > I've discussed this a little on the IRC room, and apparently it's being > investigated, but I figured I'd ask if anyone else has come up against it > and has a short-term solution. > > Thanks everyone, esp. glusterfs devs ;) > > -- > -Michael Fincham > Unleash Technology Solutions > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > -- It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. -- Hofstadter's Law
