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Re: [Bug 185] New: Mount by LABEL does not work on whole disks.

To: Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Bug 185] New: Mount by LABEL does not work on whole disks.
From: Austin Gonyou <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 18 Oct 2002 23:30:51 -0500
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20021019121954.B313655@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: Coremetrics, Inc.
References: <20021019121954.B313655@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 21:19, Nathan Scott wrote:
> 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.

Understood. I thought you told me to submit it as a bug for XFS though?
Did I misunderstand?

> 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
-- 
Austin Gonyou <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Coremetrics, Inc.

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