Bug#576247: dmsetup linear mapping fails with /dev/sda as target

Tue Apr 6 17:06:11 UTC 2010

Yes, there are partitions (not mounted).

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Bastian Blank <waldi at debian.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 10:29:28PM -0700, Michael Barabanov wrote:
> > Using a variation of the example table from the dmsetup manpage itself:
> > echo 0 1028160 linear /dev/hda 0 | sudo dmsetup create test
> > [410296.722225] device-mapper: table: 253:12: linear: dm-linear: Device
> lookup failed
> > [410296.722246] device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
>
> Is the device in question already in use by something else then
> device-mapper? For example the kernel-included partition tables or a
> mount.
>
> Bastian
>
> --
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>
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