Bug#704160: kpartx says it will create /dev/loop0p1 but uses other names

2015-08-09 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 20:53 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> I suggested to fix it by adding a /dev/loop0p1 symlink, > > Why? That part is anyways taken care by partx. > > So maybe the problem is in partx. I must say I don't know what's the > relationship between partx and kpartx. All I know is

Bug#704160: kpartx says it will create /dev/loop0p1 but uses other names

2013-03-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> The problem that needs fixing is that "kpartx -l /dev/loop0" says >> /dev/loop0p1 even though it ends not using this name. > It doesn't report so on my box. > rrs@zan:~$ sudo kpartx -l /dev/loop0 > loop0p1 : 0 4091904 /dev/loop0 2048 Ah, indeed, it doesn't say "/dev/". OK, so maybe it's not a

Bug#704160: kpartx says it will create /dev/loop0p1 but uses other names

2013-03-29 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
On Saturday 30 March 2013 01:52 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > The problem that needs fixing is that "kpartx -l /dev/loop0" says > /dev/loop0p1 even though it ends not using this name. It doesn't report so on my box. rrs@zan:~$ sudo kpartx -l /dev/sda [sudo] password for rrs: sda1 : 0 97656250 /dev/

Bug#704160: kpartx says it will create /dev/loop0p1 but uses other names

2013-03-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
reopen 704160 thanks > If you want the /dev/loop entries, use partx instead. Ah, I didn't even know about `partx', thanks. I don't really care about the /dev/loop... entries, /dev/dm-6 was perfectly adequate for my needs. The problem that needs fixing is that "kpartx -l /dev/loop0" says /d

Bug#704160: kpartx says it will create /dev/loop0p1 but uses other names

2013-03-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> The use of dm-6 makes sense from a technical point of vue, and the >> symlinks in /dev/disk are fine, but please add a symlink from >> /dev/loop0p1 since that's the "normal" logical name. > Do you have the multipath-tools package installed ? I have no idea what it is so I'd guess not. Let me ch

Bug#704160: kpartx says it will create /dev/loop0p1 but uses other names

2013-03-28 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
On Thursday 28 March 2013 11:02 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Dear Maintainer, > > I did >losetup -f /blabla/foo.img > and then >kpartx -l /dev/loop0 > which told me that it was about to create /dev/loop0p1. > This sounded good so I did >kpartx -a /dev/loop0 > which did not create /dev/lo

Bug#704160: kpartx says it will create /dev/loop0p1 but uses other names

2013-03-28 Thread Stefan Monnier
Package: kpartx Version: 0.4.9+git0.4dfdaf2b-6 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I did losetup -f /blabla/foo.img and then kpartx -l /dev/loop0 which told me that it was about to create /dev/loop0p1. This sounded good so I did kpartx -a /dev/loop0 which did not create /dev/loop0p1, but i