[dm-devel] dm-linear error: Device lookup failed
Heinz Mauelshagen
mauelshagen at redhat.com
Sun May 28 11:06:22 UTC 2006
Mark,
you're saying, the system is wotking properly, but without the respecive
mapping tables it's hard to tell if there's a hidden issue.
The message shows, that device-mapper is unable to discover 2 devices
while loading (a) mapping table(s).
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 08:57:45AM +1000, Mark Huth wrote:
> Hi,
> I am encountering the following error/message whilst the machine is
> booting up:
>
> kernel: device-mapper: 4.5.0-ioctl (2005-10-04) initialised: dm-
> devel at redhat.com
> kernel: device-mapper: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
> kernel: device-mapper: error adding target to table
> kernel: device-mapper: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
> kernel: device-mapper: error adding target to table
> kernel: cdrom: open failed.
> last message repeated 2 times
>
> I am not using LVM (just a bunch of raid0 partitions) so it seems that
> this error is more informational rather than a sign of possible
> problems, and the system seems to otherwise be functioning normally. So
> I was wondering if anyone on this list can confirm that it is nothing to
> worry about and if there a way to make the system happy to prevent this
> message from showing up. I am using RHEL4U3 (kernel 2.6.9-34.EL).
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
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