Jim> Are you checking those return values? It that Jim> /mnt/msdos/ext2image.bin path even value when you root FD is the Jim> msdos partition? Yes, I can "ls" it. But I did solve my problem just now: ext2image.bin 123456789 "BZZZZZT! Put down your kernel and step away from the compact flash! You are being arrested for attempting to use more than eight characters in a file name. If you or anyone else in your family wants to see the light of day again, immediately send a check for 40 billion dollars to Bill Gates, since he is out of toilet paper." Why can I ls it but not mount it loopback? I don't know and I don't care, I'm sticking my tail between my legs and renaming my file to something really really short, something descriptive like "file.dat" Ugh, Dave -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
