This is fixed in jaunty, but I doubt there'll be an update to 8.10. You
could try backporting the package though.
** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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Device-nodes for partitions on multipathed device are not generated
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3480
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: multipath-tools
I configured a Dell MD3000 using multipath. Everything looks good, but after
a reboot there is no
/dev/dm-* devices and the partitions do not show up in /dev/mapper. I have to
manually generate the /dev/dm-* devices with mknod