kdump is failing when partition number is higher 15

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Generating a vmcore via kdump is working if the block device partition number is less than 16
  • But if partition number is 16 or higher, it's failed to detect the device during kdump

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • kexec-tools-2.0.0-286.el6_7.2 or earlier

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