Re: fc5 seek errors - nash mount (built-in)
"James Olson" <[email protected]>
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> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Jones" <[email protected]> > To: "ATARAID (eg, Promise Fasttrak, Highpoint 370) related discussions" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: fc5 seek errors - nash mount (built-in) > Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:32:57 -0500 > > > On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 17:31 -0500, James Olson wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Peter Jones" <[email protected]> > > > To: "ATARAID (eg, Promise Fasttrak, Highpoint 370) related discussions" > > <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: fc5 seek errors - nash mount (built-in) > > > Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:22:39 -0500 > > > > > On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 06:32 -0500, James Olson wrote: > > > > > Thanks Peter! That does make testing easier (don't have to > > > > rename /bin/mount) Smiles! > > > > > > > > I came up with a patch to nash/block.c that seems to fix the problem > > > > for me, you're welcome to use it if you want. I just added another > > > > modified function to populate the cache that doesn't probe devices or > > > > scan for block id tags (BLOCK_ID_DEV_FIND instead of > > > > BLOCK_ID_DEV_NORMAL). > > > > This would break all the label and uuid mount cases. > > > I don't think so. The LABEL= and UUID cases still use the old > > function. Those cases do generate seek errors but that is the > > expected result since if you use them, you have to probe all > > non-removable block devices to find them. > > Yeah, you're right -- I eyeballed the patch and read it as changing > block_find_fs_by_label() . This is why "diff -upN" is handy ;) I'll give those diff options a try next time. I did verify that actually booting with the LABEL= option works just to make sure, after you expressed your concerns. > > Still, it's not the best way to fix it. True. I'm sure you will be able to improve upon it. But one thing I noticed is that the initrd really seems a lot faster with the patch (call it turbo charged) Smiles :) > Thanks for the patch though! You're welcome! > -- > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Ataraid-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10