On Friday 25 September 2009 16:15:32 Gene Czarcinski wrote:
> Oops ... do we have a new "feature"? I do not like this one.
>
> Whereas, the results of "df" was something of the form:
> /dev/mapper/<whatever>
>
> I am now getting on my f12 alpha/rawhide sytem:
> /dev/dm-<number>
>
> Doing a little search of the mailing list archives, I find the entry dated
> around 2 July:
>
> ===========================================================================
> ===== e2fsprogs-1.41.4-12.fc11 (FEDORA-2009-7278)
> Utilities for managing ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- ChangeLog:
>
> * Wed Jun 24 2009 Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> 1.41.4-12
> - blkid: use /dev/mapper/<name> vs /dev/dm-<N> (#497259)
> * Thu Jun 18 2009 Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> 1.41.4-11
> - Update journal backup blocks in sb after resize (#505339)
> - Fix memory leak in extent handling functions
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- References:
>
> [ 1 ] Bug #505339 - error still found with fsck after resizing during
> live image creation
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505339
> [ 2 ] Bug #507461 - blkid returns dm-* for UUIDs instead of /dev/mapper
> name https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507461
> [ 3 ] Bug #497259 - F10-F11: /dev/dm-N devices cause loss of all rescue
> ability
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497259
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> Is this new "feature" something we are going to have to live with??
I believe that we cannot live with this ... or at least anaconda cannot:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525912
Gene