Package: parted
Version: 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11.1
I'm running this version of parted running on an HP DL165 with
linux-image-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem 2.6.26-25lenny1. I have nothing
connected to the CCISS controller; the disks are connected only to the
ordinary SATA controller.
However, there is still a device node /dev/cciss/c0d0, without a
corresponding entry in /proc/partitions. parted sees this and
complains about it.
Notably: parted -l prints:
Error: /dev/cciss/c0d0: unrecognised disk label
Another consequence of this behaviour is that d-i prints this warning,
interrupting automatic installations:
Unable to determine geometry of file/device /dev/cciss/c0d0. You should not
use Parted unless you REALLY know what you're doing!
Warning!
1. Ignore [*]
2. Cancel
Prompt: '?' for help, default=1>
The device can be opened but looks empty:
woodlouse:~# dd if=/dev/cciss/c0d0 of=t
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.000570254 s, 0.0 kB/s
woodlouse:~#
It would be nice if parted could be taught to ignore this spurious
device. Perhaps it should ignore all zero-length devices ?
Ian.
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