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From: Mike Owen <kyphros@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge lilo fails
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:05:57
Message-Id: 8f5ca2210603081458u4e52735frc135276c15bcc707@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge lilo fails by Erwin Lang
1 On 3/6/06, Erwin Lang <lang.erwin@×××.at> wrote:
2 > hi everyone!
3 >
4 > i tried to emerge lilo (`emerge -bva lilo') - but it aborts with the following
5 > error-message:
6 >
7 > open_wr: /dev/loop5 (symlink to /dev/loop/5)
8 > open_wr: /dev/loop5 (symlink to /dev/loop/5)
9 >
10
11 In the past, emerging LILO would choke while trying to mount/unmount
12 your /boot partition. It looks like it's doing the same with the loop
13 devices. Try unmounting all your loop devices, and then remerging
14 LILO.
15
16 HTH,
17 Mike
18
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