Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264469AbTIDA7x (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:59:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264466AbTIDA7x (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:59:53 -0400 Received: from dragon.woods.net ([166.70.175.35]:3200 "EHLO c.smtp.woods.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264469AbTIDA7u (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:59:50 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 18:59:48 -0600 (MDT) From: Aaron Dewell To: Andries Brouwer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: partition weirdness In-Reply-To: <20030904024941.A2658@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2125 Lines: 47 On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Andries Brouwer wrote: > Does the kernel have support for sun partition tables built in? Yes. Without it, the partition table is not recognized at all. > What are the kernel boot messages about the disk? Attached scsi disk sdc at scsi1, channel 0, id 15, lun 0 [...] SCSI device sdc: 8498506 512-byte hdwr sectors (4351 MB) /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target15/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4 p6 p7 > What does /proc/partitions say? 8 32 4249253 scsi/host1/bus0/target15/lun0/disc 498 30954 62904 7200 0 0 0 0 0 3640 7200 8 33 99696 scsi/host1/bus0/target15/lun0/part1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 34 1046808 scsi/host1/bus0/target15/lun0/part2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 35 4237080 scsi/host1/bus0/target15/lun0/part3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 36 510942 scsi/host1/bus0/target15/lun0/part4 205 12795 26000 2880 0 0 0 0 0 1450 2880 8 38 1021884 scsi/host1/bus0/target15/lun0/part6 149 9267 18832 2100 0 0 0 0 0 1060 2100 8 39 1557750 scsi/host1/bus0/target15/lun0/part7 143 8889 18064 2210 0 0 0 0 0 1120 2210 > What does fdisk -l say? Disk /dev/discs/disc2/disc (Sun disk label): 134 heads, 62 sectors, 1020 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8308 * 512 bytes Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System /dev/discs/disc2/part1 0 24 99696 83 Linux native /dev/discs/disc2/part2 u 24 276 1046808 82 Linux swap /dev/discs/disc2/part3 0 1020 4237080 5 Whole disk /dev/discs/disc2/part4 276 399 510942 83 Linux native /dev/discs/disc2/part6 399 645 1021884 83 Linux native /dev/discs/disc2/part7 645 1020 1557750 83 Linux native Looks a little fishy between fdisk and /proc/partitions, but I don't know enough to say what, or if it is weird for sure. Aaron - 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/