Bug#273087: kernel-source-2.6.8: CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y makes disk partitions inaccessible
Package: kernel-source-2.6.8
Version: 2.6.8-6
Severity: normal
When I use CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y on a dual xeon, the main /dev/hda drive still boots
fine to /dev/hda1, but swap on /dev/hda2 won't mount on boot or with "swapon -a", fdisk
sees nothing, and cfdisk says "FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive". Booting with
"devfs=nomount" solves the problem.
This is pretty alarming and it took me a while to pinpoint the problem, so I hope at
least a warning can be inserted in the help screen.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages kernel-source-2.6.8 depends on:
ii binutils 2.14.90.0.7-8 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.2-1 A high-quality block-sorting file
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
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