Hi Lucas, kpartx workaround works for you or not ? In order to be able to test this further, I'd need the partition table sector(s) in addition to the "dmraid -rD" output you provided. Cheers, Heinz On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 03:44:16PM +0200, Lucas B. Cohen wrote: > Hi, > > Have there been significant changes or advances regarding the issue of > partitions not being mapped when more than one array is present in a system, > since Liviu Balan's message on the subject [1] last year? > > With rc13 and rc14, depending on kernel version, either the first (2.6.18) > or second array (2.6.22 and up) get "missed" in my system (Intel Software > Raid on Intel P35 with ICH9R). > > Aside from Heinz's reply to [1] (suggesting a kpartx-based workaround), I've > noticed that deactivating the non-mapped array *only* before activating it > allows the missing nodes to be created in /dev/mapper. (Something like > dmraid -an isw_di && dmraid -ay isw_di) > > I imagine the "use kpartx instead of my own DOS metadata format handler" > item in rc14's TODO is relevant to this. > > In case it can be of use, the output of "dmraid -rD" for my system is > accessible at [2]. > > Any insight is appreciated, as I'm having a hard time finding relevant > information on this problem elsewhere. > > Regards, > > Lucas Cohen > > > [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/ataraid-list/2007-April/msg00009.html > [2] http://elmo.xzibition.com/~lbc/dmraid-metadata.tar.gz > > _______________________________________________ > Ataraid-list mailing list > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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
