Re: 15 partitions max prob revisited
From: Paul Mackerras <hidden>
Date: 1999-01-20 03:43:22
Keith Jacob [off-list ref] wrote:
So the question is: can I add more devices (e.g. sdb16, sdb17, ...), or do I need to "reclaim" some HFS partitions if I want more ext2 ones? BTW, it was the installer that choked on the extra partitions I had created, so I would need to know how to fix that as well (if possible).
The problem is in the encoding of the device minor number for scsi disks: only 4 bits are allocated to the partition number, so you can have at most 15 partitions (/dev/sdx uses partition number 0). Paul. [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]