Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 11:35:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Harry Starr <starr3@gccs.com.au>, current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: disk slices and MAKEDEV confusion Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905241133180.12536-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199905241618.JAA22046@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 24 May 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > I am confused! > > > > The /boot/loader is "announcing" that it wants the root device to be > > "da0s1a". > > > > It appears that the "normal" fstab entries want "sliced" versions as well, > > eg. > > # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump > > Pass# > > /dev/da0s1b none swap sw 0 0 > > /dev/da0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 > > > > SO! Why does "sh MAKEDEV all" NOT make the partition entries for the > > slice(s) ??? > > > > ie, "sh MAKEDEV all" only makes the "compatability" slice entries -- da0s1, > > da0s2 etc. > > da0s1 is not a "compatibility slice" entry. That would be da0a, etc. > > The problem is that if you made all of the nodes for all of the > supported slices, /dev would be incredibly bloated. There are 8 > potential nodes per slice, and 20 potential slices per disk, plus the > compatability slice, so that's 168 node pairs (raw and buffered) > _per_disk_. Yes, but you're going to make them manually anyway, so why not make 'MAKEDEV all' DTRT and not blindly hose people? I'll take bloat if it keeps people from asking -questions. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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