What causes "unknown partition table" events and how can I prevent them from being logged ?
Issue
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A large number of "unknown partition table" events are constantly being logged in /var/log/messages file:
Jul 7 15:01:21 hostname kernel: sdel: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:01:21 hostname kernel: sdaq: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:01:21 hostname kernel: sddl: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:01:21 hostname kernel: sdaq: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:01:21 hostname kernel: sddl: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sdaq: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sddl: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sdaq: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sddl: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sdas: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sddn: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sdas: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sddn: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sday: unknown partition table Jul 7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sddt: unknown partition table :
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Are these messages normal or are they something to worry about?
- Is the logging of these messages expected behavior?
- Is there a workaround to prevent these from being logged?
- What is the root cause of these messages?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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