Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: devfs howto | Date | Mon, 21 Feb 2000 12:17:56 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> said: > Khimenko Victor writes:
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> > Uhh. I asked MUCH simplier question: why devices are named > > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 > > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 > > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 > > but on bootup you'll see: > > -- cut -- > > SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 35841015 [17500 MB] [17.5 G > B] > > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 > > -- cut -- > > > > Of course it's just cosmetic but IMHO better to use partX in all > > places or pX in old places to avaoid confusions...
> Having "partX" in the partition table scan may make it too long. The > reason the devfs names are not "pX" is because Linus wanted a longer > name. I'd be quite happy to shorten them.
Current IDE disk partitions are show as something like: 1 2 3 4 <5 6 7 8> -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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