Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264450AbTIDAtp (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:49:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264419AbTIDAtp (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:49:45 -0400 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:40453 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264450AbTIDAto (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:49:44 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 02:49:41 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: Aaron Dewell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: partition weirdness Message-ID: <20030904024941.A2658@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from acd@woods.net on Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 06:07:52PM -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 907 Lines: 19 On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 06:07:52PM -0600, Aaron Dewell wrote: > The problem is this: the partition table is recognized, but the individual > partitions (the ones I care about) are zero, that is to say, they contain the > right size of zeros. The disk device itself, at the partition table boundaries, > is not zero, and I can't explain this discrepency. On the disk, there seem to be > correct and valid superblocks at the right places, they just don't exist in the > partition devices. Does the kernel have support for sun partition tables built in? What are the kernel boot messages about the disk? What does /proc/partitions say? What does fdisk -l say? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/