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SubjectRe: Empty partition nodes not created (was device node issues with recent mm's and udev)
Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Mon, 2 May 2005 20:14:21 -0700 Greg KH wrote:
>
> | On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 10:51:24PM -0400, Joe wrote:
> | > Ok, first off I'd like to say, I am on 2.6.12-rc3-mm2, and this issue
> | > is not fixed at all. Secondly, I'd like to say that I've pinpointed
> | > it a bit more. It appears only Empty partitions (type 0 in fdisk) do
> | > not create device nodes.
> | >
> | > Here is the partition table from fdisk, fdisk does run fine.. its just
> | > the fact this node is not created that threw me off before.
> | >
> | > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> | > /dev/sdb1 * 1 2 16033+ 0 Empty
> | > /dev/sdb2 * 6 2431 19486845 b W95 FAT32
> | > /dev/sdb3 3 5 24097+ 83 Linux
> | >
> | >
> | > Notice, /dev/sdb1 is a Empty partition... in /dev I only have sdb,
> | > sdb2, and sdb3. No sdb1. Any help would be appreciated.
> |
> | Looks like it might be a scsi issue. Redirecting to that mailing list
> | now. Anyone here have a clue?
>
> 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...

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Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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