Running qemu 0.6.1+20050407 with bochsbios 2.1.1+20041109, under Debian running the 2.6.8 kernel (debian calls this 2.6.8-16) on x86 as both host and the on the emulated machine.
I am seeing an odd issue with parted, fdisk, etc, and anything else that uses the BLKRRPART ioctl to reread the partition table. The issue is this: if I use (any) partition editor to edit the partition table, then primary and extended partition changes are not visible to the guest OS until after a "virtual" reboot. However, if I edit "logical" partitions (/dev/hda5 etc) within a preexisting extended partition, the BLKRRPART ioctl correctly picks up the changes. There are a number of pieces to this puzzle so I'm looking for expert input as to whether this is an expected artifact of running under qemu. Many thanks for any help, jan PS. I'd appreciate a direct CC: on any responses. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44 (0)117 3317661 http://ioctl.org/jan/ It's a sad fact that the word "semantics" seems to have lost all meaning. _______________________________________________ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel