Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 09:28:05 -0800 (PST) From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com> To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Cc: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: newfs: sectors per cylinder (4096) disagrees with disk label (36) Message-ID: <199503161728.JAA11888@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <9503161621.AA23319@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Mar 16, 95 09:21:23 am
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> > No. The slice code will do this the right way. On device in /dev > > for each logical area of the disk. > > I think the number of devices that would be needed to describe all > extended partitions on a fully segregated drive would make this > impossible. > > ... > > At the very least, this would require a move to 32 bit minor numbers, > even if each controller got it's own major number. Have you seen the sources recently ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@login.dknet.dk> -- TRW Financial Systems, Inc. 'All relevant people are pertinent' && 'All rude people are impertinent' => 'no rude people are relevant'
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