Re: /proc/partitions not done updating when init is ran?

[Nick Bartos]

OK yes I see that CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is disabled.  Any other ideas?


> No, it is 2.4.25-pre7.  I could technically go to 2.6.x, but it would take
> a bit of work due to some other changes.  I would really like to get this
> stable in 2.4.x.
>
> What is nbd?
>
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>> Is that happening in 2.6.2-rc3-mm1 or up?
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>> If yes, try unsetting nbd in your kernel config.
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>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Nick Bartos wrote:
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>>> I have a problem where it does not look like /proc/partitions is
>>> updated
>>> completely by the time init is ran.
>>>
>>> Basically I am booting from a usb flash device, and when I try to run
>>> fsck
>>> on the device on boot (using LABEL=, which is necessary since the
>>> actual
>>> device cannot be assumed in my config) it fails.  After further
>>> investigation /proc/partitions does not contain any scsi partitions
>>> right
>>> when init is starting, but if I do a "sleep 10" before running fsck
>>> then
>>> it works fine.
>>>
>>> I can of course put that sleep in there but that is ugly and I have no
>>> way
>>> of knowing the maximum delay, so if it took too long then it would not
>>> work and I would be screwed...
>>>
>>> Isn't /proc/partitions supposted to be finished updating when init
>>> starts?
>>>  If this is not a kernel bug (or it won't be fixed for a while), then
>>> what
>>> is the deal and how can I fix this cleanly?
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