On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 05:14:36PM +0100, Serge van den Boom wrote:
> 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
This is about identification, partx does not use the device for
anything.... not sure if we have to make it more complicated.
Karel
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