Partitioning a big disk (was Re: Unidentified subject!)
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On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Selene Hernandez wrote:
> # mke2fs /dev/sdb16
> mke2fs 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> Could not stat /dev/sdb16 --- No such file or directory
>
> The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?
I'm betting that /dev/sdb16 doesn't exist (surprise!).
- From Documentation/devices.txt in the kernel source tree:
8 block SCSI disk devices (0-15)
0 = /dev/sda First SCSI disk whole disk
16 = /dev/sdb Second SCSI disk whole disk
32 = /dev/sdc Third SCSI disk whole disk
...
240 = /dev/sdp Sixteenth SCSI disk whole disk
Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
partitions is 15.
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So it looks like you really can't have more than 15 partitions on a scsi disk,
even though the Sun disklabel (partition) format allows more than 15.
You'll have to consolidate some partitions, which will be tricky. Can you backup
your data to somewhere while you repartition?
Does anyone know of the state of LVM or (even better) EVMS on Sparc? They'd be
better solutions for serious storage management, even for personal/workstation
use.
bye
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