Public bug reported: Binary package hint: multipath-tools
Under certain conditions kpartx fails to map partitions. You can try it with the image available here <http://m0n0.ch/wall/download.php?file =generic-pc-1.32.img>: ----8<---- r...@otherland:~/Work/m0n0# mv generic-pc-1.32.img generic-pc-1.32.img.gz r...@otherland:~/Work/m0n0# gunzip generic-pc-1.32.img.gz gzip: generic-pc-1.32.img.gz: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored r...@otherland:~/Work/m0n0# sfdisk -l generic-pc-1.32.img Disk generic-pc-1.32.img: cannot get geometry Disk generic-pc-1.32.img: 1 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System generic-pc-1.32.img1 0 - 0 0 0 Empty generic-pc-1.32.img2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty generic-pc-1.32.img3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty generic-pc-1.32.img4 * 0 3- 4- 25000 a5 FreeBSD end: (c,h,s) expected (3,28,41) found (1023,254,63) generic-pc-1.32.img5 0+ 1- 2- 10232 r...@otherland:~/Work/m0n0# kpartx -v -a generic-pc-1.32.img device-mapper: resume ioctl failed: Invalid argument add map loop0p4 (0:0): 0 50000 linear /dev/loop0 0 ----8<---- dmesg says: device-mapper: table: 252:9: loop0 too small for target: start=0, len=50000, dev_size=20480 It seems like this is debian bug 586104 and fixed in newer versions of multipath-tools. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: kpartx 0.4.8-14ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jul 14 16:06:53 2010 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: multipath-tools ** Affects: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: multipath-tools (Debian) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid -- kpartx fails to map partitions (device-mapper: resume ioctl failed: Invalid argument) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/605436 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
