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Title: dev-img 1.5 install error
Post by: Dorian on July 30, 2004, 03:14:46 pm

I'm trying to install the development image verison 1.5 and i'm getting the following error message:

"mount: Could not find a spare loop device"

I've checked the syntax of the command and followed the instructions at:
http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php...download&sid=66 (http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=UpDownload&file=index&req=viewsdownload&sid=66)

Do I need to install some type of loop-module or something?


Thanks in advance for your reply.

Title: dev-img 1.5 install error
Post by: maslovsky on July 30, 2004, 04:19:07 pm

Which ROM?

Title: dev-img 1.5 install error
Post by: Dorian on July 30, 2004, 06:47:28 pm

I'm using the original ROM that ships with the SL-6000L.

Title: dev-img 1.5 install error
Post by: qx773 on July 30, 2004, 07:45:59 pm

You will get that message when you try to mount a device and you are not the root user.   You can become the root user by typing:

su root

at the terminal command line.

Title: dev-img 1.5 install error
Post by: freizugheit on July 30, 2004, 11:30:35 pm

Please follow cmisip's instruction at http://cmisip.home.insightbb.com/zaurus.htm (http://cmisip.home.insightbb.com/zaurus.htm) for the installation.

Before activting tmake, you need to install Perl 5.8 on the Zaurus.

I hope the above will help.

Title: dev-img 1.5 install error
Post by: kopsis on August 03, 2004, 01:32:32 pm

Some Zaurus ROMs don't automatically have a bunch of extra loop devices available.  The good news is that it's not hard to add new ones. Open embeddedkonsole and become root then use the following command to show the available loop devices:

Code: [Select]

ls -l /dev/loop*
If you only see /dev/loop0 and /dev/loop1 that's most likely the problem. Use the following command to create more loop devices:

Code: [Select]

mknod /dev/loopx b 7 x
where x is the next loop device number. So to create /dev/loop2 the command would be:

Code: [Select]

mknod /dev/loop2 b 7 2
You can have up to 8 loop devices (loop0 - loop7). Note that any devices you create this way will stick around until the next reboot - then you'll have to create them again.

Title: dev-img 1.5 install error
Post by: maslovsky on August 04, 2004, 04:03:06 am

Quote

I'm using the original ROM that ships with the SL-6000L.

Sorry, this has never been tested on 6000 device.