Re: /dev/sda16 (140GB)
magdi <magditawfik@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I'm facing a problem to mount ext3 partition 140GB under debian etch-
> and-a-half kernel 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP
>
> linuxbox:/dev# fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x12481247
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 3825 30724281 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2 3826 30401 213471720 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/sda5 3826 8032 33792696 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda6 * 8033 8178 1172713+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda7 8179 8324 1172713+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda8 8325 9078 6056473+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda9 9079 9163 682731 83 Linux
> /dev/sda10 9164 9345 1461883+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda11 9346 9588 1951866 83 Linux
> /dev/sda12 9589 9710 979933+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda13 9711 9892 1461883+ 82 Linux swap /
> Solaris
> /dev/sda14 9893 11108 9767488+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda15 11109 12324 9767488+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda16 12325 30401 145203502 83 Linux
>
> linuxbox:/dev# mount -t ext3 /dev/sda16 /mnt
> mount: special device /dev/sda16 does not exist
>
> i'm always getting this error as the /dev/sda16 not created!
Unless they have changed very recently, SCSI only allows 15
partitions. If you look at the major and minor number for the SCSI
devices, hdb is where hda16 would be. If you need more, then you
probably need to look into something like LVM for logical partitions.
--
Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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