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Re: Basic questions on upgrading loop-aes
Oops sorry - I realised 2 seconds after posting that
the ramdisk loop.o is a SYMLINK (of course) to the one
on KNOPPIX.
I suppose this means I have to remaster the livecd to
upgrade (but presumably do not have to recompile the
kernel?).
--- Phil H <philtickle200@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I see from the loop-aes README that to upgrade to a
> newer version you first remove the old loop.o with
> rmmod.
>
> I'm running a Knoppix-based livecd distro all from
> RAM, so the existing out-of-date (loop-aes v1.6i-1)
> loop.o module is in two places:
>
>
/KNOPPIX/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o
>
> and
>
>
/ramdisk/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o
>
> Presumably I can remove the live one in ramspace and
> compile & install an updated loop.o on the ramdisk,
> which will then work until it is lost when I reboot?
>
> But rmmod loop.o says the "module is not loaded".
> (?)
>
>
>
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