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authorPetr Uzel2012-05-13 13:44:31 +0200
committerKarel Zak2012-05-15 11:19:53 +0200
commit95e1d8f3bad279c00cc87a388e383de3f3f3a3ca (patch)
tree1ad5034156f175defebf5017ae5d99c29d04dacf /disk-utils
parentmkswap: use is_mounted() instead of check_mount() (diff)
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mkswap: allow creating swap on /dev/hd[ab]
Currently, mkswap does not allow swap to be created on /dev/hda and /dev/hdb. There is no reason why /dev/hda and /dev/hdb should be treated differently. Addresses: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=491021 Cc: Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> Signed-off-by: Petr Uzel <petr.uzel@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'disk-utils')
-rw-r--r--disk-utils/mkswap.c5
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkswap.c b/disk-utils/mkswap.c
index c7dedd7c2..dec34e1ae 100644
--- a/disk-utils/mkswap.c
+++ b/disk-utils/mkswap.c
@@ -596,13 +596,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
- /* Want a block device. Probably not /dev/hda or /dev/hdb. */
if (!S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode))
check=0;
- else if (statbuf.st_rdev == 0x0300 || statbuf.st_rdev == 0x0340)
- errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("error: "
- "will not try to make swapdevice on '%s'"),
- device_name);
else if (is_mounted(device_name))
errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("error: "
"%s is mounted; will not make swapspace."),