Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 17:38:39 -0400
From: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Cc: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2003@gmx.net>,
       Ezra Nugroho <ezran@goshen.edu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: partitions in meta devices
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> > OK. Maybe I wasn't clear enough.
> > 1. Partition a drive
> > 2. Reboot
> > 3. Now the kernel should see the partitions and let you create file
> > systems on them.
> > 
> > You rebooted and fdisk sees the partitions now. Fine. Please try to
> > mke2fs /dev/md0p1
> > That should work. If it doesn't, devfs could be the problem.
> 
> 	No, it should not.  And devfs, for once, has nothing to do with it.
> RAID devices (md*) have _one_ (1) minor allocated to each.  Consequently,
> they could not be partitioned by any kernel - there is no device numbers
> to be assigned to their partitions.
>  
> > Could you please tell us which kernel version you're using?
> 
> 	What would be much more interesting, which kernel are _you_ using
> and what device numbers, in your experience, do these partitions get?

I recall an MdPart patch for the kernel that would allow this, however, it
was way too buggy for real use.  google for mdpart.

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