<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="generator" content="Osso Notes"> <title></title></head> <body> The device mapper used to eat ioctl. This is no longer the case. I'll fix the faq. Thanks for the heads-up. ----- Message d'origine ----- > The multipath-tools FAQ has the following to say about partitioning > multipath devices. > > > From <a href="http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/faq.html">http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/faq.html</a> > > > 6. How do I partition my multipathed devices > > Partition a constituant path instead. And reload the map through multipath(8) > > I take this to mean, for example, that one should partition /dev/sdX, > rather than the corresponding coalesced /dev/mapper/... device, correct? > > My question is: why? Paritioning the /dev/mapper device appears to > work. Is there an operational difference? I've always done this > exactly as advised, but I know someone who didn't, and we're wondering > if it matters. > > TIA > > -Ron- > > -- > dm-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:dm-devel@redhat.com">dm-devel@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel</a> </body> </html>