Bug#644734: installation-guide: 15 partitions limit for SCSI disks has been raised to 255
Package: installation-guide
Version: 15 partitions limit for SCSI disks has been raised to 255
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi, the 15 partitions limit for SCSI disks has been raised to 255 with
Linux 2.6.28.
Regards
David
*** /tmp/partition.patch
Index: en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml
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--- en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml (révision 66972)
+++ en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml (copie de travail)
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
</para><para arch="linux-any">
-Linux limits the partitions per drive to 15 partitions for SCSI disks
-(3 usable primary partitions, 12 logical partitions), and 63
+Linux limits the partitions per drive to 255 partitions for SCSI disks
+(3 usable primary partitions, 252 logical partitions), and 63
partitions on an IDE drive (3 usable primary partitions, 60 logical
partitions). However the normal &debian-gnu; system provides
only 20 devices for partitions, so you may not install on partitions
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