Getting cloop to work

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Getting cloop to work
started by: lens

Posted by lens on Sep. 21 2005,20:12

Ok, so I finally got cloop compiled on my FC4 box, but there is clearly something wrong.

Basically I compiled cloop-2.01 under fedora (after some patching) and everything look fine. I popped cloop.ko in /lib/modules/.../misc etc.

If I modprobe -l | grep cloop, it shows up. I also did mknod /dev/cloop b 240 0. However, if I try to actually mount anything, I get:

/dev/cloop: No such device or address

Has anyone got cloop working on FC4 (or any fedora 2.6 kernel)? Or any other ideas?

Thanks!

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Sep. 22 2005,00:59

Uh.... Maybe try the Fedora forums?

This is the foum for DSL~

Posted by lens on Sep. 22 2005,10:57

Yes, I know, but to remaster DSL I need cloop. That's why I'm asking here.

It seems more likely that someone would have come across this here, as cloop isn't used for much else.

Posted by mikshaw on Sep. 22 2005,15:08

You can remaster DSL in DSL.
If for some reason you need to be in Fedora, you could mount the cloop in DSL and copy the files into Fedora. Your cloop installation in FC should at least allow you to create cloop files...I have the same "no such device" issue in suse, but i have no trouble creating compressed cloop files.

Posted by lens on Sep. 22 2005,17:36

> you could mount the cloop in DSL and copy the files into Fedora

This sounds like a good approach.

Thanks for the info.