Re: Partition information lost on reboot.

[Rene Herman]

On 08/10/2007 02:30 PM, Michal Piotrowski wrote:

> [Adding linux-scsi and Adaptec support to CC]
>
> On 10/08/07, Jegadeesh <kovaiteam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a scsi disk on Adaptec ASC-29320 U320. I have created a linux
> > partition and ext3 filesystem over it.
> > Now the problem is, whenever the machine is rebooted, the partition
> > information to the OS is lost and I get an error saying it as a not valid
> > block device.
> > But fdisk tool shows the partitions, but "cat /proc/partitions" doesnt have
> > this. I need to do a "partprobe" and then have to mount it explicitly.
> >
> > What could be causing this problem. Given below are some of the command
> > outputs.

Is that the "Adaptec AIC79xx U320 support" (CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX) driver? If 
so, did you lower the "Initial bus reset delay" (default is 5000 ms) in the 
kernel configuration?

Rene.
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