From owner-freebsd-current Tue Aug 4 07:42:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA09775 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 07:42:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles210.castles.com [208.214.165.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA09686 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 07:42:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA00599; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 07:41:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808041441.HAA00599@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Kris Kennaway cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS/SLICE & extended partitions In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 04 Aug 1998 22:54:40 +0930." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 07:41:18 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Does DEVFS/SLICE support MSDOS Extended partitions? It doesn't seem to properly. > Running a > devfs/slice-enabled kernel doesnt present me with the mountpoints I've > been using with a "regular" kernel: > > [morden|root] 22:35 ~ mount > > .... > /dev/wd0s1 on /c (local) > /dev/wd1s1 on /d (local) > /dev/wd1s5 on /e (local) s5 is the "extended" slice, but it should be being scanned for more slices. I remember talking to Julian at Usenix about this; I don't think he's committed anything based on the outcome of that yet. -- \\ 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