[Grml] Re: Loop mount not automatically cleaned
Michael Prokop
mika at grml.org
Wed Feb 7 15:18:24 CET 2007
* ][ <mlist4suntong at yahoo.com> [20070207 04:15]:
> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:10:18 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:
> >> I noticed that loop mounts are not automatically cleaned in my system.
> >> Is there any way that I can fix it?
> > Which mount version are you using? 'dpkg -S =mount ; mount --version'
> > I'm using mount of package loop-aes-utils and did not notice the
> > mentioned behaviour.
> Strange to me too. Here is the required info:
> $ dpkg -S =mount
> dpkg: *=mount* not found.
bash user, ey? 8-)
[...]
> $ sudo mount -o loop grml_small_0.3.iso /mnt/os2/
> $ mount | grep os2
> /dev/loop2 on /mnt/os2 type iso9660 (ro)
> $ sudo umount /mnt/os2/
> $ ps -e | grep loop
> 32721 ? 00:00:00 loop0
> 3332 ? 00:00:00 loop1
> 2776 ? 00:00:00 loop2
Run 'losetup -d /dev/loop2' to fix the issue manually. To fix the
issue for the future remove the symlink /etc/mtab pointing to
/proc/mounts:
rm /etc/mtab
cp /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
-> from now on your system should remove the loop device automatically.
regards,
-mika-
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