Bug#328063: kernel 2.6.8: cannot read solaris partition table

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 12:07:28PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
> Package: kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-686-smp
> Version: 2.6.8-16
> 
> This version of the kernel does not recognize a solaris partition, despite
> the option being set in the config file:
> 
> SCSI device sda: 143638992 512-byte hdwr sectors (73543 MB)
> SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
>  /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 < p5 p6 >
> Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> SCSI device sdb: 286749488 512-byte hdwr sectors (146816 MB)
> SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
>  /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: p1
> Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
> 
> OTOH, installing the 2.6.12-1 package from etch does work:
> 
> SCSI device sda: 143638992 512-byte hdwr sectors (73543 MB)
> SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
> SCSI device sda: 143638992 512-byte hdwr sectors (73543 MB)
> SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
>  /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 < p5 p6 >
> Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> SCSI device sdb: 286749488 512-byte hdwr sectors (146816 MB)
> SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
> SCSI device sdb: 286749488 512-byte hdwr sectors (146816 MB)
> SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
>  /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: p1
>  p1: <solaris: [s0] p5 [s1] p6 [s2] p7 [s3] p8 [s4] p9 [s5] p10 [s6] p11 >
> Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0

Hi,

could you please try the sarge backport of 2.6.12 to see
if this problem has been resolved in those packages.

http://packages.vergenet.net/testing/linux-2.6/

-- 
Horms