Re: I need support of disks and partitions for Compaq raid controllers

[Yaroslav Popovitch]

Andrew Clausen wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 07:09:26PM +0200, Yaroslav Popovitch wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi!  Months ago I tried to use Compaq's devices in parted:
> > /dev/ida/c?d?p?
> > And I got error message(~ that this kind of device is not
> > supported..).
> > So as I understood : device ida/..., cciss/..., rd/.. are not
> > supported
> > by default implementation.
>
> You must have misunderstood the message.  Parted doesn't need
> special support for any device.
>
> However, if it's not something it recognises, it is possible
> you are doing something stupid (like trying to partition
> a partition, not a hard disk).
>
> Perhaps you tried that?
>
> (i.e. /dev/ida/c?d?p? as opposed to /dev/ida/c?d?)

Yes, you are right... It was some kind of craziness for me :)

>
>
> Compaq devices have been supported for a long time.  What version
> of parted do you have?
>
> Andrew

Cheers,YP

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