Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:54:17 +0100 | From | David Santinoli <> | Subject | Partition renumbering under 2.4.0 |
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Hi, I've noticed that some logical partitions get different numbering under 2.2.16 and 2.4.0. Here's my /dev/hdb layout:
hdb1: fat32 hdb2: Solaris partition (contains 4 Solaris slices) hdb3: ext2 hdb4: extended partition (contains 1 ext2 logical partition)
and here's how it gets detected by the kernels:
2.2.16: hdb: hdb1 hdb2 <solaris: [s0] hdb5 [s1] hdb6 [s2] hdb7 [s7] hdb8 > hdb3 hdb4 < hdb9 >
2.4.0: hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 > hdb2: <solaris: [s0] hdb6 [s1] hdb7 [s2] hdb8 [s7] hdb9 >
Note that the ext2 logical partition is called "hdb9" by 2.2.16 and "hdb5" by 2.4.0. This makes it difficult to manage multi-boot systems with 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels, as it requires updating fstab between boots. Switching to other identification strategies such as ext2 labels - as discussed in other threads - could be a workaround, as far as I know.
Cheers, David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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