Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262147AbVEEQQq (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 12:16:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262144AbVEEQQq (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 12:16:46 -0400 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:34822 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262146AbVEEQQ3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 12:16:29 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 18:16:10 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: Hubert Tonneau Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rc3 fails to read partition table Message-ID: <20050505161610.GA4604@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <055UDZ711@server5.heliogroup.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <055UDZ711@server5.heliogroup.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Spam-DCC: : kweetal.tue.nl 1074; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 963 Lines: 25 On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 02:37:54PM +0000, Hubert Tonneau wrote: > 2.6.11 and 2.6.11.7 work fine. > 2.6.12-rc1 2.6.12-rc2 and 2.6.12-rc3 fail to read partiton table on my laptop, > also 2.6.12-rc3 works fine on another box also running FullPliant. > > The partition table has been created by Pliant partition tool: > http://fullpliant.org/pliant/linux/storage/partition.pli > function 'partition_create' at line 52. [Heve been away for a while, sorry for a slow reaction] Yes. I see you create partitions using ph type := (shunt fs="ext2" or fs="xfs" 83h fs="swap" 82h fs="raid" 0FDh 0) and it looks like the final 0 is the culprit here. Earlier Linux disregarded partition types, today 0 means "unused". Andries - 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/