Do you reproduce with "selinux=0" kernel boot-time param ? Also you can try resolving why /bin/true doesn't work in your system. If your objective is to help upstream development, you really should upgrade to latest dev snapshot. On the other hand, if you want to qualify RHEL with your hardware, you should use their package and make that clear in your bug report, which is not the case here : <quote> "Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel - 2.6.9-6.37.ELsmp, multipath tools-0.4.4, device-mapper-1.01.00-3.RHEL4" </quote> Regards, cvaroqui On ven, 2005-07-29 at 20:46 +0530, Murthy, Narasimha Doraswamy (STSD) wrote: > Yes, the daemon was running. Attached is the /var/log/messages output. > > The DM block device status before extracting the tar ball: > > [root@lxeagle mnt]# multipath -ll mp1 > mp1 > [size=4 GB][features="0"][hwhandler="0"] > \_ round-robin 0 [enabled][first] > \_ 12:0:0:2 sdb 8:16 [ready ][active] > \_ 13:0:0:2 sdn 8:208 [ready ][active] > \_ round-robin 0 [enabled] > \_ 12:0:1:2 sde 8:64 [ready ][active] > \_ 13:0:1:2 sdq 65:0 [ready ][active] > > > > After invoking the extract using "tar -xvf" > > [root@lxeagle mnt]# multipath -ll mp1 > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > error calling out /bin/true > mp1 > [size=4 GB][features="0"][hwhandler="0"] > \_ round-robin 0 [enabled][first] > \_ 12:0:0:2 sdb 8:16 [ready ][failed] > \_ 13:0:0:2 sdn 8:208 [ready ][failed] > \_ round-robin 0 [enabled] > \_ 12:0:1:2 sde 8:64 [ready ][failed] > \_ 13:0:1:2 sdq 65:0 [ready ][failed] > > > The same test passes with ext3 filesystem. > > Thanks and regards > -Murthy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: christophe varoqui [mailto:christophe.varoqui@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:05 PM > To: Murthy, Narasimha Doraswamy (STSD) > Cc: device-mapper development > Subject: [Bug 164617] extracting tar image causes paths state change > to[ready][failed] > > Will provide the following additional info : > > Was the daemon runing ? > If so paste a verbose daemon log. > Paste a dmesg too. > > Regards, -- christophe varoqui <christophe.varoqui@xxxxxxx>