Re: device /dev/sda16 not exist?
T <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I just created a FAT32 partition using Win2k at /dev/sda16.
>
> But when I tried to mount it under Linux, I get:
>
> % mount /dev/sda16 /mnt/tmp1/
> mount: special device /dev/sda16 does not exist
>
> why the device not exist? It's there:
>
> $ fdisk -l | grep sda16
> /dev/sda16 23510 24792 10305666 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
>
If you look at the device numbers for sda16 and sdb under linux I
think you will see why. For some reason the kernel only allows 15
partitions for SCSI drives. Of course, there may be some way to
create new partitions that I don't know of, now that the kernel has
increased from 16 bit device numbers. (I just checked, and the
makedev documentation still states that only 15 partions are allowed.)
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Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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