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regarding parted: Can't open ramdisk
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Package: parted
Version: 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-3
Forwarded: http://parted.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/192
Tags: upstream
Hi,
This is a duplicate of a genuine GNU Parted ticket, as per fjp's
request on debian-boot. The version is somewhat fake, this issue was
found in a fresh pull on 2008.04.22, but I wanted to target the
current experimental version. Here we go:
Seems like 1.8.8 can't open ramdisks anymore, probably due to the use
of O_DIRECT. Not doing make install but running from the build tree:
# strace -eopen ~/installcd/parted/parted/parted /dev/ram1 print
[...]
open("/dev/ram1", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECT|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid
argument)
Error: Error opening /dev/ram1: Invalid argument
Retry/Cancel?
Version 1.7.1 has no problem opening this device. Strace shows:
open("/dev/ram1", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
Working with a ramdisk would be useful for testing.
The above happens under Linux 2.6.24.2, but an otherwise rather stock
Etch system.
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Thanks,
Feri.
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This is not a bug and is being done since 2006 (1.8.0). I see the
motivation to use ramdisk for testing but it doesn't behave exactly
like a disk. Please use loopback devices for those tests.
I'm closing this bug.
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