--- linux-2.5.75-smp/fs/partitions/check.c.removable	2003-06-26 21:41:24.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.5.75-smp/fs/partitions/check.c	2003-07-13 17:20:16.000000000 +0400
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ void register_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* always add handle for the whole disk */
+	devfs_add_partitioned(disk);
+
 	/* No such device (e.g., media were just removed) */
 	if (!get_capacity(disk))
 		return;
@@ -356,7 +359,6 @@ void register_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	if (blkdev_get(bdev, FMODE_READ, 0, BDEV_RAW) < 0)
 		return;
 	state = check_partition(disk, bdev);
-	devfs_add_partitioned(disk);
 	if (state) {
 		for (j = 1; j < state->limit; j++) {
 			sector_t size = state->parts[j].size;