From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from smtp2.dds.nl ([83.96.147.103]:50878 "EHLO smtp2.dds.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752338AbcHSJqz (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:46:55 -0400 Received: from webmail.dds.nl (app1.dds.nl [81.21.136.61]) by smtp2.dds.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4722040A67C1 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:45:54 +0200 (CEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:45:54 +0200 From: Xen To: Util linux Subject: Re: PV on disk without partitions not recognised as LVM2_member In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7a56f741e70cc37568b950ff12aa05df@dds.nl> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Xen schreef op 18-08-2016 22:39: > Ie. I had a disk that had a "promise fasttrack raid member" (from > memory) signature at the end of the disk (last 1MB) and was recognised > as such. When I wiped the signature, it was recognised as "dos": > > /dev/sda: PTUUID="ef39c6e5" PTTYPE="dos" Oh, I mean... the PTTYPE would be "dos" but there would not be any FS_TYPE description (as per the udev name?). In any case. Both regular "msdos" partition tables and PV signatures get an empty "TYPE" in blkid. So I can match those in udev by just matching the empty string. Both are also given the same PTTYPE of "dos". So I cannot distinguish between msdos partition tables and PV disks. Regards.