On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 11:22:55AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 10:52:08AM -0700, Gaston, Jason D wrote: > > What is the DMRAID DOS format handler used for? > > Detecting DOS partitions on a dmraid volume. At some point there was a > comment in the DOS format handler remarking that some day it'll be > ripped out and replaced with some sort of 'kpartx' tool. Probably a > good idea, since afaik the kernel won't detect partitions on dm devices > automatically and we don't support other partition table schemes (Apple, > GPT, etc) anyway. Exactly, that's why the comment ;) For the time being, initscripts etc. can run "dmraid -pay" to avoid any partition mappings being activated by dmraid and run "kpartx -a" on the dmraid devices. > > --D > _______________________________________________ > Ataraid-list mailing list > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat GmbH Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 Storage Development 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx PHONE +49 171 7803392 FAX +49 2626 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
