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SubjectRe: Drive name slips...
Hi,

On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 22:03:45 -0500, "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU>
said:

> From: greg@wind.enjellic.com (G.W. Wettstein)
> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 07:28:24 -0600

> The only problem with this is that at least in the late 2.2.x kernels
> UUID or volume label mounting breaks when the filesystems in question
> are on a RAID1 mirror.

> One easy way of fixing this for mount and company is to check the size
> of the filesystem in the superblock. If it's bigger than the physical
> size of the partition, then mount should skip the physical device, and
> then find the MD device instead.

Testing virtual devices first would be the obvious safe fix.

--Stephen

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