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kernel not detecting partitions

Submitted by Anonymous
on March 17, 2009 - 3:12pm

Hi,

I am compiling kernel 2.6.28 which I tried to strip as much as I could except for necessary things. Now, when I boot up, mount /proc, the file /proc/partitions is empty (contains only the header). Does anyone know what I might have disabled so that my kernel doesn't detect partitions correctly?

Thanks in advance!

Dr. Eddy

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Re:kernel not detecting partitions

srinivas kandagatla
on
March 17, 2009 - 4:27pm

Hi Eddy,
Probably you are missing sysfs mount.
All the information in /proc/partitions is pulled up from sys/block/... directory
Rgrds
srini

You are right, I am not

Dr. Eddy (not verified)
on
March 18, 2009 - 6:44am

You are right, I am not mounting sysfs.

I thought it wasn't necessary, since some guy on IRC told me it's not needed.
Anyway, I'll try that out!

Thanks!

Dr. Eddy

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