on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 04:35:49PM -0700, Steven Farrier (webmaster@xke.com) wrote: > I seems that my Partition Numbers all change after boot up. > > On my hard drive these are my partitions > > hda1 Windows > hda2 Debian /boot > hda3 Freebsd > Freebsd "virtual partitions" > <hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8> > hda4 extended > hda9 unused Linux partition > hda10 Debian swap > hda11 unused Linux Partition > hda12 Debian /root > > I use these numbers in lilo and fstab > > and also if I hit df I get this > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda12 1748120 1177776 481544 71% / > /dev/hda2 1101272 4016 1041312 1% /boot > /dev/hda1 4210204 3513856 696348 84% /windows > > But when I run dmesg I get this in partition check > > hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 > > hda3: <bsd: hda9 hda10 hda11 hda12 > > > so basicly the freebsd and logical numbers get switch. > > I have to use these numbers to mount partitions or format partitions. > > Does anyone know why the partitions numbers get "switched" like this. 2.4.x kernel? IIRC, this is a feature, not a bug. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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