Thanks. Fast resolution.
On Tue, 22 Mar 2016, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 01:17:42PM +0100, Serge van den Boom wrote:
> >
> > 4. It is possible to specify a partition by the device name of a
> > partition on another block device.
> >
> > The command 'partx /dev/sdb2 /dev/sda' makes no sense, but still
> > produces output, namely the second partition of /dev/sda.
>
> Fixed,
>
> # partx --show /dev/sdx1 /dev/sdc
> partx: partition and disk name do not match
Strictly speaking, it should be the devices themselves which would need
to match, not their names. I could create a few symlinks, and
'partx x0 x' would work, even when x0 and x refer to unrelated devices:
ln -s /dev/sda x
ln -s /dev/sdb2 x0
Regards,
Serge
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