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