Austin,
This bug needs to be sent to Andries (the util-linux maintainer) who sent
mail the other day, not to us - it is not an XFS bug, but is rather a bug
in the mount(2) program (part of the util-linux package). XFS and ext2/3
are just innocent bystanders here.
cheers.
On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 02:53:59PM -0700, bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=185
>
> Summary: Mount by LABEL does not work on whole disks.
> Product: Linux XFS
> Version: 1.1.x
> Platform: IA32
> OS/Version: Linux
> Status: NEW
> Severity: normal
> Priority: Medium
> Component: XFS kernel code
> AssignedTo: xfs-master@xxxxxxxxxxx
> ReportedBy: austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> If this is a userspace bug, what version of the package are you using:
>
> What kernel are you using: 2.4.19-aa1
>
> Where did the XFS code come from?: Part of the -AA tree.
>
> Description of Problem:
> Mounting whole disks, rather than partitions, does not work by LABEL=
>
>
> How Reproducible:
>
> Easily reproduceable.
>
>
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Using a whole scsi disk, mkfs.xfs on it,
> 2. Using xfs_admin -L somelabel /dev/sdN (where N is a-z)
> 3. Add a LABEL=somelabel entry in /etc/fstab
> 4. mount /somemountpoint
>
> This will fail.
>
> Actual Results:
> Mount says the label does not exist.
>
> Expected Results:
> Should be able to mount whole disks by label.
>
> Additional Information:
> cat /proc/partitions sees the whole disks. Disks just don't have any
> partitions.
>
>
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Nathan
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