[dm-devel] Where did /dev/dm-X go?

Luca Berra bluca at comedia.it
Mon Nov 27 20:30:37 UTC 2006


On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 03:09:11PM -0600, W. Michael Petullo wrote:
>I have been using the dm-crypt interface to perform disk encryption.
>For example, I helped add dm-crypt/LUKS support to HAL[1].
>
>Recently, I have found the cryptsetup no longer creates /dev/dm-X.
>Instead, the only device node created by the utility is /dev/mapper/Y
>(both were created previously.)  I am using an up to date Fedora Core 6.
>
>I am trying to figure out what user-space tool/library was responsible
>for creating /dev/dm-X and why this device node is no longer created when
>I create a dm-crypt device.  Could anyone point me in the right direction?
you probably have an udev rule that ignores dm-[0-9]
L.


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