From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Andreas Dilger Message-Id: <200102071815.f17IFtN14302@webber.adilger.net> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvm buglet in 0.9.1_beta In-Reply-To: <20010207134549.E525@tykepenguin.com> from Patrick Caulfield at "Feb 7, 2001 01:45:49 pm" Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:15:55 -0700 (MST) Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Patrick, you write: > On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 01:45:32AM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: > > It may not be exactly this. AFAIK, when we call lvm_check_partitioned_dev() > > when we are scanning disks, I think this determines if LVM will start doing > > the gross DOS partition stuff. Is it the case with these COMPAQ devices > > that they use DOS partitions? > > I'm not sure - that's why I asked the user to test it for me! Anyway you can > partition any block device you like - or even a file :-) Sure you can run fdisk on just about anything, but you can't access the partitions unless it is a partitioned device (i.e. the minor numbers mean "look at a partition"). > > In any case, while you are in there, can you add COMPAQ_CISS_MAJOR + [1-7] > > also. This is basically the same thing as COMPAQ_SMART_MAJOR. It will > > avoid yet another similar bug report on this in the future. > > OK. You also need to add "/dev/cciss" to lvm_dir_cache.c" Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert