[arch-general] dmraid-1.0.0rc15 in testing, need you help on this! (possible Bug on Delete)
David C. Rankin
drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com
Mon Jun 22 15:18:17 EDT 2009
On Monday 22 June 2009 03:13:41 am Tobias Powalowski wrote:
> I need to explain this a bit more:
>
<snip>
>
> Now i cfdisk this device, are the nodes updated then?
> - I mean do i get the /dev/mapper/vidia_fffadgicp1 p2 p3 autimatically or
> do I need to run dmraid -ay for every partition i created?
> - Also what happens if partitions are deleted?
>
ADDING NEW PARTITION (PART9) - 10G IN SIZE:
cfdisk (util-linux-ng 2.14.2)
Disk Drive: /dev/mapper/nvidia_ecaejfdi
Size: 750156372992 bytes, 750.1 GB
Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders:
91201
Name Flags Part Type FS Type
[Label] Size (MB)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nvidia_ecaejfdi5Boot Logical Linux ext3
20003.85 *
nvidia_ecaejfdi6 Logical Linux ext3
123.38
nvidia_ecaejfdi7 Logical Linux ext3
39999.54
nvidia_ecaejfdi8 Logical Linux swap / Solaris
1998.75
nvidia_ecaejfdi9 Logical Linux
10001.95
Pri/Log Free Space
678026.29
(write & quit)
New node NOT created:
[13:39 archangel:~] # l /dev/mapper
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2009-06-22 01:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 0 2009-06-22 01:41 ..
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 60 2009-06-22 01:40 control
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 0 2009-06-22 13:38 nvidia_ecaejfdi
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 2 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip5
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 3 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip6
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 4 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip7
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 5 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip8
<snip>
[13:44 archangel:~] # dmraid -ay nvidia_ecaejfdi
RAID set "nvidia_ecaejfdi" already active
RAID set "nvidia_ecaejfdip5" already active
RAID set "nvidia_ecaejfdip6" already active
RAID set "nvidia_ecaejfdip7" already active
RAID set "nvidia_ecaejfdip8" already active
RAID set "nvidia_ecaejfdip9" was activated
[13:44 archangel:~] # l /dev/mapper
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2009-06-22 13:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 0 2009-06-22 13:44 ..
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 60 2009-06-22 01:40 control
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 0 2009-06-22 13:38 nvidia_ecaejfdi
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 2 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip5
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 3 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip6
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 4 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip7
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 5 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip8
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 10 2009-06-22 13:44 nvidia_ecaejfdip9
<snip>
DELETING PARTITION (PART 9) - 10G IN SIZE
cfdisk (util-linux-ng 2.14.2)
Disk Drive: /dev/mapper/nvidia_ecaejfdi
Size: 750156372992 bytes, 750.1 GB
Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders:
91201
Name Flags Part Type FS Type
[Label] Size (MB)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nvidia_ecaejfdi5Boot Logical Linux ext3
20003.85 *
nvidia_ecaejfdi6 Logical Linux ext3
123.38
nvidia_ecaejfdi7 Logical Linux ext3
39999.54
nvidia_ecaejfdi8 Logical Linux swap / Solaris
1998.75
Pri/Log Free Space
688028.23
(write & quit)
Partition NOT removed from /dev/mapper:
[13:48 archangel:~] # l /dev/mapper
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2009-06-22 13:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 0 2009-06-22 13:44 ..
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 60 2009-06-22 01:40 control
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 0 2009-06-22 13:48 nvidia_ecaejfdi
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 2 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip5
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 3 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip6
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 4 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip7
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 5 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip8
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 10 2009-06-22 13:44 nvidia_ecaejfdip9
<snip>
[13:59 archangel:~] # dmraid -an nvidia_ecaejfdi
[13:59 archangel:~] # l /dev/mapper
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2009-06-22 13:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 0 2009-06-22 13:44 ..
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 60 2009-06-22 01:40 control
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 0 2009-06-22 13:48 nvidia_ecaejfdi
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 2 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip5
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 3 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip6
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 4 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip7
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 5 2009-06-22 01:40 nvidia_ecaejfdip8
brw------- 1 root disk 254, 10 2009-06-22 13:44 nvidia_ecaejfdip9
<snip>
Huh??? Why wasn't nvidia_ecaejfdip9 deactivated. I have deleted the partition
in cfdisk, tried to activate it (y) and deactivate it (n) and still it is
there. Is this a bug? Or do I need to erase the metadata in some other way??
--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com
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