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From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolabs.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: [linux-lvm] Re: partition table read incorrectly
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:08:20 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011002150820.N8954@turbolinux.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011002220053.H14582@wiggy.net>

On Oct 02, 2001  22:00 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Alan Cox wrote:
> > Does it complain about wrong block sizes ?
> 
> No
>  
> > The partition code will look for tables. That bit is fine
> 
> If that bit is fine then how can it differ in opinion from fdisk?

What does the first 512 bytes of the disk show (od -Ax -tx1 /dev/)?
Maybe there is still "0xaa55" on the disk at 0x1fe and the kernel
thinks it is a DOS partition?

> > The exact error would be good too
> 
>  I/O error: dev 08:11, sector 0

Hmm, this is sda11, so you would need both a primary and extended
partition table to get that.  What does /proc/partitions show?

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

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From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolabs.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: partition table read incorrectly
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:08:20 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011002150820.N8954@turbolinux.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011002202934.G14582@wiggy.net> <E15oUUf-0005Xw-00@the-village.bc.nu> <20011002220053.H14582@wiggy.net>
In-Reply-To: <20011002220053.H14582@wiggy.net>

On Oct 02, 2001  22:00 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Alan Cox wrote:
> > Does it complain about wrong block sizes ?
> 
> No
>  
> > The partition code will look for tables. That bit is fine
> 
> If that bit is fine then how can it differ in opinion from fdisk?

What does the first 512 bytes of the disk show (od -Ax -tx1 /dev/)?
Maybe there is still "0xaa55" on the disk at 0x1fe and the kernel
thinks it is a DOS partition?

> > The exact error would be good too
> 
>  I/O error: dev 08:11, sector 0

Hmm, this is sda11, so you would need both a primary and extended
partition table to get that.  What does /proc/partitions show?

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


  reply	other threads:[~2001-10-02 21:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-02 18:29 [linux-lvm] partition table read incorrectly Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-02 18:29 ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-02 18:42 ` [linux-lvm] " Alan Cox
2001-10-02 18:42   ` Alan Cox
2001-10-02 20:00   ` [linux-lvm] " Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-02 20:00     ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-02 21:08     ` Andreas Dilger [this message]
2001-10-02 21:08       ` Andreas Dilger
2001-10-03  0:34       ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-10-03 11:22       ` [linux-lvm] " Guest section DW
2001-10-03 11:22         ` Guest section DW
2001-10-03 12:26       ` [linux-lvm] " Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-03 12:42         ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-03 12:42           ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-03 13:24           ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-03 13:24             ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-03 17:09           ` Andreas Dilger
2001-10-02 22:45     ` Alan Cox
2001-10-02 22:45       ` Alan Cox
2001-10-03  0:57       ` [linux-lvm] " Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-03  0:57         ` Wichert Akkerman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-10-03 19:01 [linux-lvm] " Andries.Brouwer
2001-10-03 23:39 ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-04  3:15   ` Andreas Dilger
2001-10-04 10:53     ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-04 16:22 Andries.Brouwer

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