36117 – alpha livecd 1.4-test1-20030916 kernel doesn't have OSF partition support

Bug 36117 - alpha livecd 1.4-test1-20030916 kernel doesn't have OSF partition support

Summary: alpha livecd 1.4-test1-20030916 kernel doesn't have OSF partition support

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware:	Alpha Linux

Importance:	High blocker (vote)
Assignee:	Aron Griffis (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-12-19 08:29 UTC by Matt Oquist
Modified:	2004-03-19 09:51 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Matt Oquist 2003-12-19 08:29:18 UTC

I booted gentoo-alpha-1.4-test1-20030916.iso.  I was able to use fdisk to edit and create partitions, but /proc/partitions never showed any partitions (only the discs), and there were never any dsfs for the partitions (only the discs).  Rebooting made no difference.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot gentoo-alpha-1.4-test1-20030916.iso.
2. Create OSF partitions using fdisk.
3. cat /proc/partitions and notice that there *are* none.
4. Note the lack of partition dsfs.

Actual Results:  
It was *really* hard to install.  :-)


I'm pretty sure that simply adding "Alpha OSF partition support" to the kernel
will fix this problem.

I apologize if this is a dup of a bug I tried to submit last night.  I thought
the submission was successful, but I can't find it in any queries...

Comment 1 Kevyn Shortell (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-20 22:08:27 UTC

re-assigning to alpha team. I'm on the ppc team =)

Comment 2 Aron Griffis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-19 09:51:42 UTC

This is fixed in Jay's new livecds