Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:20:46 +0100 | Subject | Re: Simple partition not detected with 2.6 | From | Ludovic Drolez <> |
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 06:05:17PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:17:46PM +0100, Ludovic Drolez wrote: > > > I have one computer which has two partitions per disk. > > This partition is seen by a 2.4.xx kernel (knoppix) but > > not by a 2.6.0t7 kernel. > > > > When booting the knoppix, dmesg says: > > > > hda: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=155061/16/63 > > hdc: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=155061/16/63 > > ide-cd: passing drive hde to ide-scsi emulation. > > Partition check: > > hda: [PTBL] [9729/255/63] hda1 hda2 > > hdc: [PTBL] [9729/255/63] hdc1 hdc2 > > > > > > But the 2.6.0t7 does not see the partition table. > > Other disks are properly recognized, so it seems to > > be a problem with [PTBL] and 2.6 ... > > The [PTBL] part just says that this 2.4 kernel first concluded to > a 155061/16/63 geometry but then saw the partition table and > changed it mind to 9729/255/63. > It is unrelated to partition recognition. > > Check that your kernel was compiled without CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED, > or, in case you selected advanced, has CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION selected.
Yes, I have CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED, CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION and also LDM partitions support.
I've attached a boot log. In fact it seems that it's not a partitions problem but a disk detection problem: the IDE controller is detected but not the disks...
The server is an HP-DL320 with integrated RAID IDE.
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