The loop label might be used to detect device-mapper filesystems (like those found in an LV). From this another two questions stem out: 1. Why is it called loop? And 2. If its only for device-mapper detection purposes, why is it working on a real device?
any insight appreciated. Regards. On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 01:27:13PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote: > Hey list. > > Here is another freaky parted bug from the realms of parted code :) > I just ran into this and my analysis might be wrong, so suggestions and > corrections are appreciated. > Unfortunately this does not work with loop devices... > > <snip> > #!/bin/bash > parted="/usr/local/sbin/parted" > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M count=10 > yes | mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdc > $parted /dev/sdc print free > </snip> > . . . . > way. > > I'll keep investigating and get back to the list when I have more info. > Any suggestions/explinations are greatly appreciated. > > Regards. > > -- > Joel Andres Granados > Brno, Czech Republic, Red Hat. > > _______________________________________________ > parted-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/parted-devel -- Joel Andres Granados Brno, Czech Republic, Red Hat. _______________________________________________ parted-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/parted-devel
