fc5 seek errors - nash mount (built-in)

[James Olson]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Jones" <pjones at redhat.com>
> To: "ATARAID (eg, Promise Fasttrak,  Highpoint 370) related discussions" <ataraid-list at redhat.com>
> 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" <pjones at redhat.com>
> > > To: "ATARAID (eg, Promise Fasttrak,  Highpoint 370) related discussions" 
> > <ataraid-list at redhat.com>
> > > 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
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