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  • Issue with kpartx

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    Hi

    Getting the below issue while running the kpartx command. Any one can suggest to get out of this issue? Thanks in advance.

    Error Details:

    [root@localhost mapper]# kpartx -a /dev/sda3
    device-mapper: reload ioctl on sda3p1 failed: Invalid argument
    create/reload failed on sda3p1
    device-mapper: reload ioctl on sda3p2 failed: Invalid argument
    create/reload failed on sda3p2
    

    Metadata may be needed:

    [root@localhost mapper]# lsblk
    NAME   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
    sda      8:0    0  100G  0 disk
    ├─sda1   8:1    0  300M  0 part /boot
    ├─sda2   8:2    0  3.9G  0 part [SWAP]
    └─sda3   8:3    0 95.8G  0 part /
    sr0     11:0    1   50M  0 rom
    sr1     11:1    1  3.6G  0 rom
    
    [root@localhost mapper]# fdisk -l /dev/sda3
    
    Disk /dev/sda3: 102.9 GB, 102864257024 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12505 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x3b947d86
    
         Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda3p1               1        5000    40162468+  83  Linux
    /dev/sda3p2            5001       10000    40162500   83  Linux
    

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