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viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 06:59:47PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>  
>>Could you please tell us which kernel version you're using?
> 
> 	What would be much more interesting, which kernel are _you_ using
> and what device numbers, in your experience, do these partitions get?

2.4.21-rc1 and no, I don't use RAID devices. Just plain old partitions
on /dev/hda, CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y

Ezra Nugroho wrote:

>>>     Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
>>> /dev/md0p1             1  24414064  97656254   83  Linux
>>> /dev/md0p2      24414065  60313632 143598272   83  Linux

That confused me. Assuming these entries were correct, I tried the
standard "kernel sees new partitions only after reboot" procedure.
GIGO.