Re: Empty partition nodes not created (was device node issues with recent mm's and udev)

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon May 02 2005 - 22:16:30 EST


On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 10:51:24PM -0400, Joe wrote:
> Ok, first off I'd like to say, I am on 2.6.12-rc3-mm2, and this issue
> is not fixed at all. Secondly, I'd like to say that I've pinpointed
> it a bit more. It appears only Empty partitions (type 0 in fdisk) do
> not create device nodes.
>
> Here is the partition table from fdisk, fdisk does run fine.. its just
> the fact this node is not created that threw me off before.
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdb1 * 1 2 16033+ 0 Empty
> /dev/sdb2 * 6 2431 19486845 b W95 FAT32
> /dev/sdb3 3 5 24097+ 83 Linux
>
>
> Notice, /dev/sdb1 is a Empty partition... in /dev I only have sdb,
> sdb2, and sdb3. No sdb1. Any help would be appreciated.

Looks like it might be a scsi issue. Redirecting to that mailing list
now. Anyone here have a clue?

thanks,

greg k-h
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