colinux-devel

Re: [coLinux-devel] Odd /dev/cobd* semantics for raw partitions

[Seth L. <se...@of...>]

Ronald Pijnacker <pij...@ds...>:
> Seth LaForge wrote:
> > So, it looks to me like there's something incomplete about the raw
> > partition access.  Perhaps colinux isn't getting the correct partition
> > size from Windows somehow?
> 
> This would explain why I can't get my ReiserFS partition mounted. 
> ReiserFS does some checking on the size of the device, and currently 
> complains about it.

Probably so.

Say, I forgot to mention that I'm running colinux on WinXP Home.  Do
other people see this problem?  Perhaps it's peculiar to XP.  It's
quite easy to test: if you have a raw partition (not a file) on, say,
/dev/cobd2, just do a "file -s /dev/cobd2" and see if it gives you
"empty" or the partition type...

Seth

Re: [coLinux-devel] Odd /dev/cobd* semantics for raw partitions

[Clemmitt M. S. <sig...@bl...>]

Hi,

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Seth LaForge wrote:
> Say, I forgot to mention that I'm running colinux on WinXP Home.  Do
> other people see this problem?  Perhaps it's peculiar to XP.  It's
> quite easy to test: if you have a raw partition (not a file) on, say,
> /dev/cobd2, just do a "file -s /dev/cobd2" and see if it gives you
> "empty" or the partition type...

I'm using Windows XP Pro and running the RedHat 9 ext3 1gb image under 
coLinux-20040319.  I had to install the "file" package via apt-get first.  
Then the command "file -s /dev/cobd2" also gives me "empty" even though
I can mount this device (a VFAT partition located at 
\Device\HarddiskVolume4) on my RedHat VM.

					Clemmitt

Re: [coLinux-devel] Odd /dev/cobd* semantics for raw partitions

[Ronald P. <pij...@ds...>]

>>Say, I forgot to mention that I'm running colinux on WinXP Home.  Do
>>other people see this problem?  Perhaps it's peculiar to XP.  It's
>>quite easy to test: if you have a raw partition (not a file) on, say,
>>/dev/cobd2, just do a "file -s /dev/cobd2" and see if it gives you
>>"empty" or the partition type...
> 
> 
> I'm using Windows XP Pro and running the RedHat 9 ext3 1gb image under 
> coLinux-20040319.  I had to install the "file" package via apt-get first.  
> Then the command "file -s /dev/cobd2" also gives me "empty" even though
> I can mount this device (a VFAT partition located at 
> \Device\HarddiskVolume4) on my RedHat VM.

Ditto here. However, as said earlier, this prevents me from mounting the 
  device. I am willing to spend time debugging this, but I could use 
some pointers where to start looking. Ideas?

Ronald.