Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 146269
loop mounts in /etc/fstab don't mount automatically
Last modified: 2008-08-02 19:40:34 EDT
Description of problem: Loop mounts in /etc/fstab should be mounted automatically by rc.sysinit. When "mount -a" is called, not all the /dev/loop* devices that may be needed have been created yet. Once the mount causes the loop module to load, udev creates the appropriate /dev/loop* nodes. However, by the time this finishes, "mount -a" has already failed. Calling "mount -a" a second time succeeds to mount all the loop mounts. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 7.93.5-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Put some loop mounts in /etc/fstab 2. Reboot 3. loop mounts won't mount. type "mount -a" to mount them.
Created attachment 110254 [details] fstab with many loop mounts
This is a failure of mount w/loopback not coping with the udev model. It's not something that can be fixed in initscripts.
Fedora Core 3 is now maintained by the Fedora Legacy project for security updates only. If this problem is a security issue, please reopen and reassign to the Fedora Legacy product. If it is not a security issue and hasn't been resolved in the current FC5 updates or in the FC6 test release, reopen and change the version to match. Thank you!
Problem still exists in FC6. May I suggest that if the udev model cannot cope with loop, then loop be loaded unconditionally or mount -a be called twice in rc.sysinit?
hmm, yes
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