# SLE 15 device not found, name:/dev/linear

**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/sle-15-device-not-found-name-dev-linear/41366
**Category:** SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
**Created:** [August 24, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sle-15-device-not-found-name-dev-linear/41366 "2023-08-24T07:34:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![M\_A\_T](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/m_a_t/32/10321_2.png) [@M\_A\_T](https://forums.suse.com/u/M_A_T)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sle-15-device-not-found-name-dev-linear/41366/1 "2023-08-24T07:34:01Z")

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Hi All, I have an issue with the Yast2 partitioner. There’s a prompting error: Probing device relationships failed. Unexpected situation found in the system. Click below to see more details (English only). Continue despite the issue?

Details: device not found, name:/dev/linear

See below a snipped shot of the issue:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/1/13aed9115ab8c7a7827d6e3f2bb6a52ec7800710.png)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/f/f20ba403e74f699777ec311847089e2a52306f55.png)

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### Author: ![malcolmlewis1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis1/32/10022_2.png) [@malcolmlewis1](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis1)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sle-15-device-not-found-name-dev-linear/41366/2 "2023-08-24T11:34:37Z")

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@M_A_T Hi, so what is this device `linear` a remote mount of some description? A stray entry in `/etc/fstab` perhaps?

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### Author: ![M\_A\_T](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/m_a_t/32/10321_2.png) [@M\_A\_T](https://forums.suse.com/u/M_A_T)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sle-15-device-not-found-name-dev-linear/41366/3 "2023-08-24T23:23:06Z")

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Hi @malcolmlewis1 that /dev/linear does not exist, even in /etc/fstab There’s no /dev/linear.

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### Author: ![malcolmlewis1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis1/32/10022_2.png) [@malcolmlewis1](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis1)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sle-15-device-not-found-name-dev-linear/41366/4 "2023-08-24T23:38:59Z")

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@M_A_T if you press ctl+alt+F1 to get to a tty, alt+ctl+F2 or F7 to get back to the installer, nothing seen in /dev/? All very strange indeed!

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### Author: ![M\_A\_T](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/m_a_t/32/10321_2.png) [@M\_A\_T](https://forums.suse.com/u/M_A_T)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sle-15-device-not-found-name-dev-linear/41366/5 "2023-09-13T02:14:16Z")

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I just raised the concern to the SUSE Team and am currently waiting for the solution to this bug in SLE 15 SP4.

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### Author: ![M\_A\_T](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/m_a_t/32/10321_2.png) [@M\_A\_T](https://forums.suse.com/u/M_A_T)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sle-15-device-not-found-name-dev-linear/41366/6 "2023-10-05T03:59:11Z")

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Just fixed by patching using the .rpm files sent by the SUSE team.