dev-img 1.5 install error

[Dorian]

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

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


Thanks in advance for your reply.

[maslovsky]

Which ROM?

[Dorian]

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

[qx773]

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.

[freizugheit]

Please follow cmisip's instruction at 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.

[kopsis]

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:

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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:

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

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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.

[maslovsky]

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

Sorry, this has never been tested on 6000 device.