>> Any idea of how one might go about troubleshooting this further? > I'd investigate how sysfs works in the whole situation, and then work on from there - since the device doesn't exist in there until after the partprobe. Perhaps it might also be useful to look into what partprobe does. > > Rob > I'm starting to look into the sysfs, udev, hal stuff. Any idea how mount determines whether a device is busy? Any idea where to find discussion about sysfs, udev, hal issues? The loop device work around has made my machine functional again, but I just hate to leave this issue unsolved. -- Brian
