On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 03:06:18PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote: > I'm starting to see the logic behind the loop label idea. But I still > can't understand why it was named this way. It should have a name like > "nolabel" or "nopartitions" or "voidlabel"... These names are much more
or "just_fs", > descriptive. > > Regards. > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 02:24:51PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote: > > 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 > > -- > 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
