Package: dmsetup Version: 2:1.02.39-1 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** Using a variation of the example table from the dmsetup manpage itself:
echo 0 1028160 linear /dev/hda 0 | sudo dmsetup create test I get device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Command failed dmesg: [410296.722225] device-mapper: table: 253:12: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed [410296.722246] device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table /dev/hda is a valid block device. I can reproduce the same with /dev/sda or any other disk device present in the system. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dmsetup depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.39-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii udev 151-2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo ii util-linux 2.16.2-0 Miscellaneous system utilities dmsetup recommends no packages. dmsetup suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org