Currently, mkswap does not allow swap to be created on /dev/hda and /dev/hdb. There is no reason why /dev/hda and /dev/hdb should be treated differently. Addresses: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=491021 Cc: Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Petr Uzel <petr.uzel@xxxxxxx> --- disk-utils/mkswap.c | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/disk-utils/mkswap.c b/disk-utils/mkswap.c index c7dedd7..dec34e1 100644 --- a/disk-utils/mkswap.c +++ b/disk-utils/mkswap.c @@ -596,13 +596,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } - /* Want a block device. Probably not /dev/hda or /dev/hdb. */ if (!S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)) check=0; - else if (statbuf.st_rdev == 0x0300 || statbuf.st_rdev == 0x0340) - errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("error: " - "will not try to make swapdevice on '%s'"), - device_name); else if (is_mounted(device_name)) errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("error: " "%s is mounted; will not make swapspace."), -- 1.7.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
