Re: [PATCH] Ignore partition table on device

"H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Partition tables aren't just read at bootup. We also adjust partition > tables at runtime. Since this is dynamic, ignoring partition tables > should be, too. So this is something that should be done with a sysctl? Anyway, it should also be possible

Re: [PATCH] Ignore partition table on device

"H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems broken. If nothing else, there should be ways to enable or > disable this at runtime. What exactly do you consider broken? I don't really see a way to change that at runtime since hard disk partition tables are read at bootup. Or did you m

[PATCH] Ignore partition table on device

Hello. This patch adds a new kernel parameter (ignore_partitions=device) to the kernel. It is useful when using a fake RAID with dmraid so that Linux won't complain about attemps to access the drive beyond its boundaries when udev and/or hald are started. --- linux-2.6.21.1/fs/partitions/check.c.