Re: Empty partition nodes not created (was device node issues with recent mm's and udev)

[Joe <joecool1029@gmail.com>]

On 5/3/05, Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com> wrote:
> Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > Could this 2.6.11.8 -stable patch fix it?
> > Subject: [04/07] partitions/msdos.c fix
> >
> > Joe, can you test 2.6.11.8, please?
> 
> It seems to me that this exactly the other way around. The patch is
> probably already in -mm and is doing what it is supposed to do: don't
> report partitions whose system ID == 0.
> 
> Can you try to give the empty partition a type different than zero? You
> don't need to make a file system on it or anything, just change the type.
> 
> Or check if the patch Randy is pointing to is already in your tree and
> revert it.
> 
> I think this is a good argument not to include this patch on the -stable
> release...
> 
> --
> Paulo Marques - www.grupopie.com
> 
> All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
> Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
> 

You would be correct.. that patch is already in MM.. so this issue
continues, more input necessary.

Joe