https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783419 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783419#c0 Summary: partprobe does not do anything if no partition table is found on device Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: jnelson-suse@jamponi.net QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1 I had a pair of devices (/dev/sdc and /dev/sdd) that *had* partitions on them, but then I zeroed the disk with dd. partprobe, however, did not change the listing of the partitions in /dev -- despite /dev/sdc and /dev/sdd not having any. I had to use cfdisk to make an empty partition table and *then* it worked. partprobe should report *zero* partitions found if, in fact, there aren't even (in fact, when there is no partition table found at all). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.