From: "Mike Owen" <kyphros@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge lilo fails
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:58:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8f5ca2210603081458u4e52735frc135276c15bcc707@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200603070824.08900.lang.erwin@gmx.at>
On 3/6/06, Erwin Lang <lang.erwin@gmx.at> wrote:
> hi everyone!
>
> i tried to emerge lilo (`emerge -bva lilo') - but it aborts with the following
> error-message:
>
> open_wr: /dev/loop5 (symlink to /dev/loop/5)
> open_wr: /dev/loop5 (symlink to /dev/loop/5)
>
In the past, emerging LILO would choke while trying to mount/unmount
your /boot partition. It looks like it's doing the same with the loop
devices. Try unmounting all your loop devices, and then remerging
LILO.
HTH,
Mike
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2006-03-07 7:24 [gentoo-user] emerge lilo fails Erwin Lang
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