The 2.4 version of Device-Mapper scans for device-numbers in decimal instead of hex (in dm_get_device()). Update 2.6 so both versions use the same behavior. [Kevin Corry] --- diff/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2003-07-31 12:39:05.000000000 +0100 +++ source/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2003-08-01 10:00:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -418,12 +418,12 @@ int r; dev_t dev; struct dm_dev *dd; - int major, minor; + unsigned int major, minor; if (!t) BUG(); - if (sscanf(path, "%x:%x", &major, &minor) == 2) { + if (sscanf(path, "%u:%u", &major, &minor) == 2) { /* Extract the major/minor numbers */ dev = MKDEV(major, minor); } else {