On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:22:05AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:08:01PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> > Could anyone please tell me what I have to do to access /dev/hda10? I can
> > create it easily but trying to access it I get an 'unconfigured device'
> > message for in
On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 01:13:32PM +0930, John Pearson wrote:
[snip]
> $ /sbin/swapon -s
> FilenameTypeSizeUsedPriority
> /dev/hda2 partition 128516 2108-1
> /dev/hda3 partition 128516 0
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:39:28PM +0200, Patrick wrote:
> At the end of my fdisk I had :
> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
> Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
> Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated.
Sure had this too. And thinking abou
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:45:08AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> Could be, but why would you want 10 partitions? :)
One for Windows (unfortunately), one for Stormix, one for Corel, one for
Debian (the system usually running :-)), one for testing other distros, one
/home, one swap, one to store data
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:22:05AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> Can you tell me exactly how you have 10 partitons? Even the sun disk label
> only allows for 8. And i386 can have a max of 7(?) with extended
> partitions enabled.
According to kernel docs I can use up to 64. I need several operating
s
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:22:05AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:08:01PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> > Could anyone please tell me what I have to do to access /dev/hda10? I can
> > create it easily but trying to access it I get an 'unconfigured device'
> > message for in
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:45:08AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote
> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:39:32PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > > And i386 can have a max of 7(?) with extended partitions enabled.
> > >
> > not sure, but this sounds very strange to me.
> > afaik, you can nest extended patitio
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:39:28PM +0200, Patrick wrote:
>
> I've found out that with (some ?) 2.2.x kernels you seem to need to reboot the
> computer between an fdisk and an mke2fs to get ride of 'unconfigured
> device'.
> It doesn't matter which /dev/hda?? it is, as soon as some /dev/hda
> parti
Also, it may be a dual boot windows/linux machine, which makes
/dev/hda10 only the 6th partition. least that's how it works on mine
/dev/hda1 (doze)
/dev/hda5 (linux)
/dev/hda6 (var)
/dev/hda7 (home)
/dev/hda8 (swp)
Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
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Le Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:08:01PM +0200, Michael Meskes a dit:
> Could anyone please tell me what I have to do to access /dev/hda10? I can
> create it easily but trying to access it I get an 'unconfigured device'
> message for instance from mke2fs. Do I need a special boot time parameter?
I've fo
Ben Collins wrote:
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> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:08:01PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> > Could anyone please tell me what I have to do to access /dev/hda10? I can
> > create it easily but trying to access it I get an 'unconfigured device'
> > message for instance from mke2fs. Do I need a special
>On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:08:01PM +0200, Michael
>Meskes wrote:
>> Could anyone please tell me what I have to do to
>>access /dev/hda10? I
>>can
> create it easily but trying to access it I get an
>>'unconfigured
>>device'
>> message for instance from mke2fs. Do I need a
>>special boot time
>
At 05:39 PM 5/24/00 +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
>> And i386 can have a max of 7(?) with extended partitions enabled.
>>
>not sure, but this sounds very strange to me.
>afaik, you can nest extended patitions as much as you want.
I believe you are correct, Oswald. Basically, you daisy-chain th
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> Could be, but why would you want 10 partitions? :)
>
i've see that ...
> And does the kernel support this (yes I know fdisk can easily support
> something like this, but that doesn't mean the kernel does).
>
according to devices.txt up to hd?63 wo
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:39:32PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > And i386 can have a max of 7(?) with extended partitions enabled.
> >
> not sure, but this sounds very strange to me.
> afaik, you can nest extended patitions as much as you want.
Could be, but why would you want 10 partition
> And i386 can have a max of 7(?) with extended partitions enabled.
>
not sure, but this sounds very strange to me.
afaik, you can nest extended patitions as much as you want.
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On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:08:01PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> Could anyone please tell me what I have to do to access /dev/hda10? I can
> create it easily but trying to access it I get an 'unconfigured device'
> message for instance from mke2fs. Do I need a special boot time parameter?
Can you
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