[parted-devel] freaky loop device handling

[Joel Granados]

I'm starting to see the logic behind the loop label idea.  But I still
can't understand why it was named this way.  It should have a name like
"nolabel" or "nopartitions" or "voidlabel"...  These names are much more
descriptive.

Regards.
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 02:24:51PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> The loop label might be used to detect device-mapper filesystems (like
> those found in an LV).  From this another two questions stem out:
> 1. Why is it called loop? And 2. If its only for device-mapper detection
> purposes, why is it working on a real device?
> 
> any insight appreciated.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 01:27:13PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> > Hey list.
> > 
> > Here is another freaky parted bug from the realms of parted code :)
> > I just ran into this and my analysis might be wrong, so suggestions and
> > corrections are appreciated.
> > Unfortunately this does not work with loop devices...
> > 
> > <snip>
> > #!/bin/bash
> > parted="/usr/local/sbin/parted"
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M count=10
> > yes | mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdc
> > $parted /dev/sdc print free
> > </snip>
> > 
> .
> .
> .
> .
> > way.
> > 
> > I'll keep investigating and get back to the list when I have more info.
> > Any suggestions/explinations are greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Regards.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Joel Andres Granados
> > Brno, Czech Republic, Red Hat.
> > 
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> Joel Andres Granados
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Joel Andres Granados
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