From owner-freebsd-current Sun Mar 15 15:33:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01811 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 15:33:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01773; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 15:33:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA12496; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 15:30:32 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803152330.PAA12496@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Adrian Steinmann cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP / disk slicing: a MAKEDEV deficiency for slices>0 ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:15:25 +0100." <199803152315.AAA25361@marabu.marabu.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 15:30:31 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Note, in particular, that '(cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV all)' will not make > the [a-h] partitions on any slices > 0. > > Maybe it's time to change the line > > for slicepartname in s0h s1 s2 s3 s4 > > to > > for slicepartname in s0h s1h s2h s3h s4h > > so that /dev/MAKEDEV makes the [a-h] /dev entries for all slices? For whatever it's worth, slice 0 isn't actually terribly useful. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message