Greg
The issue here is that you need to have the filesystem type in your
kernel. Either load the apropriate module or build it in to the
kernel. If memory serves me correctly the color.gz rootdisk is of type
minix.
HTH
Frank
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I took color.gz, put it in /color.gz, ran gunzip on it, and got the larger color file. When I try "mount -o loop /color /mnt", my system freezes. However, when I boot into zipspeak on a zipdisk, and do the same thing with the same file, it mounts, and I can access it under /mnt. I've got the loopback device (I'm not referring to the network one either) compiled in to my kernel. In addition, I compiled in ramdisk support, and initial ramdisk support
> (even though I didn't think I needed that to get this to work). What am I missing? Thanks.
> Greg
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