And of course these limits only apply to x86 architecture, not to DEC Alphas, Suns, other things. They probably won't apply to ia64 either.
Regards, Jill. -- Jill Rowling, Snr Des. Eng. & Unix System Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: John Clarke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2002 11:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Help with fdisk please >From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt: ... For Linux/i386, partitions 1-4 are the primary partitions, and 5 and above are logical partitions. Other versions of Linux use partitioning schemes appropriate to their respective architectures. ... 8 block SCSI disk devices (0-15) 0 = /dev/sda First SCSI disk whole disk 16 = /dev/sdb Second SCSI disk whole disk 32 = /dev/sdc Third SCSI disk whole disk ... 240 = /dev/sdp Sixteenth SCSI disk whole disk Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on partitions is 15. So the kernel supports up to 63 partitions on an IDE drive, and 15 on a SCSI drive. Cheers, John ---------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ---------------------- This email is intended only to be read or used by the addressee. The information contained in this e-mail message may be confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, distribution, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. Confidentiality attached to this communication is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery to you. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and notify us by return e-mail or telephone Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited on +61 2 9413 6300. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
