https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14708 --- Comment #2 from sachse@xxxxxxx 2010-11-14 23:14:40 --- remap63 is still missing and device mapper is not working! Please provide a solution here! $ fdisk -l /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1027 8249373 54 OnTrackDM6 $ echo 0 $(( `blockdev --getsize /dev/hda` - 63 )) linear /dev/hda 63 |dmsetup create dmhda $ fdisk -l /dev/mapper/dmhda Disk /dev/mapper/dmhda: 100.0 GB, 100030210560 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mapper/dmhda1 * 1 261 2096451 6 FAT16 /dev/mapper/dmhda2 262 759 4000153+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/mapper/dmhda3 760 761 16033+ 83 Linux /dev/mapper/dmhda4 762 12161 91570500 5 Extended /dev/mapper/dmhda5 762 824 506016 82 Linux swap /dev/mapper/dmhda6 825 9579 70324506 83 Linux /dev/mapper/dmhda7 9580 12161 20739883+ 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/mapper/dmhda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 12161 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID 1 80 1 1 0 254 63 260 63 4192902 06 2 00 1 1 261 254 63 758 4193028 8000307 07 3 00 1 1 759 254 63 760 12193398 32067 83 4 00 0 1 761 254 63 1023 12225465 183141000 05 5 00 1 1 761 254 63 823 63 1012032 82 6 00 1 1 824 254 63 1023 63 140649012 83 7 00 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 63 41479767 07 $ kpartx -l /dev/mapper/dmhda dmhda1 : 0 4192902 /dev/mapper/dmhda 63 dmhda2 : 0 8000307 /dev/mapper/dmhda 4193028 dmhda3 : 0 32067 /dev/mapper/dmhda 12193398 dmhda4 : 0 183141000 /dev/mapper/dmhda 12225465 dmhda5 : 0 1012032 /dev/dm-3 63 <- FAIL dmhda6 : 0 140649012 /dev/dm-3 1012158 <- FAIL dmhda7 : 0 41479767 /dev/dm-3 141661233 <- FAIL FAIL because kpartx is unable to handle logical paritions. livecd ~ # partx -av /dev/mapper/dmhda device /dev/mapper/dmhda: start 0 size 195371505 gpt: 0 slices dos: 7 slices # 1: 63- 4192964 ( 4192902 sectors, 2146 MB) # 2: 4193028- 12193334 ( 8000307 sectors, 4096 MB) # 3: 12193398- 12225464 ( 32067 sectors, 16 MB) # 4: 12225465-195366464 (183141000 sectors, 93768 MB) # 5: 12225528- 13237559 ( 1012032 sectors, 518 MB) # 6: 13237623-153886634 (140649012 sectors, 72012 MB) # 7: 153886698-195366464 ( 41479767 sectors, 21237 MB) reduced size of partition #4 to 63 BLKPG: Invalid argument error adding partition 1 BLKPG: Invalid argument error adding partition 2 BLKPG: Invalid argument error adding partition 3 BLKPG: Invalid argument error adding partition 4 BLKPG: Invalid argument error adding partition 5 BLKPG: Invalid argument error adding partition 6 BLKPG: Invalid argument error adding partition 7 livecd ~ # ls /dev/mapper/ control dmhda FAIL: partx detects the partitions but is unable to add a partition. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html