Re: [opensuse] unable to mount partition
Could be something as simple as the device-mapper having a file handle to the partition already. Don't know if you've fiddled in that area at all though. I haven't fiddled around with that, at least not intentionally. But this was
"Michael Kershaw" <mike.kershaw@gmail.com> wrote: the missing hint. I found a /dev/mapper/1transtecT5016R_0-part1 that I was able to mount without a problem.
Just a thought!
Thanks a lot for that hint. Sebastian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2008-01-10 at 08:46 +0100, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote:
Could be something as simple as the device-mapper having a file handle to the partition already. Don't know if you've fiddled in that area at all though. I haven't fiddled around with that, at least not intentionally. But this was
"Michael Kershaw" <> wrote: the missing hint. I found a /dev/mapper/1transtecT5016R_0-part1 that I was able to mount without a problem.
But why? Why was that dev mapper thing there? :-? I heard of this problem another time, and we couldn't track it. (Note: your mail program breaks threading) - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHhfwCtTMYHG2NR9URAo0wAJ9USgJTYl9ju22VNRKsHXH/ApHC0wCgjwOX 5OY1/PGxOfOR9l+rb/WhR/g= =EJbh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Thursday 2008-01-10 at 08:46 +0100, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote:
Could be something as simple as the device-mapper having a file handle to the partition already. Don't know if you've fiddled in that area at all though. I haven't fiddled around with that, at least not intentionally. But
"Michael Kershaw" <> wrote: this was the missing hint. I found a /dev/mapper/1transtecT5016R_0-part1 that I was able to mount without a problem.
But why? Why was that dev mapper thing there? :-?
I heard of this problem another time, and we couldn't track it.
The /dev/mapper thing is the result of a bios raid install. Yast creates those things to map multiple disk to a single partition in raid. -- 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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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