Re: [Nbd] Problems creating new device files

Ok, but that is how it currently looks like:

root@...1278...:/dev# ls -al|grep nbd

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 0 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd0

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 16 2013-03-02 17:15 nbd1

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 160 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd10

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 176 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd11

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 192 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd12

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 208 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd13

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 224 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd14

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 240 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd15

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 32 2013-03-02 17:16 nbd2

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 48 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd3

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 64 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd4

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 80 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd5

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 96 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd6

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 112 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd7

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 128 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd8

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 144 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd9

The device files created by the installation skips 16 minors. Shouldn't I do the same if I create more files?

Could you please give me an example how to add more device files than the 16 ones already there?

Regards,

Daniele

2013/3/4 Paul Clements <paul.clements@...958...856...>

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:05 AM, Daniele Testa <daniele.testa@...17...> wrote:
> I am trying to create new devices files, i.e /dev/nbdXX but I'm having
> problems.
>
> (root@...1277...)-(/dev)# mknod /dev/nbd32 b 43 512
>
> (root@...1277...)-(/dev)# nbd-client example.com 10002 /dev/nbd32

You should only skip minors if you have partitioning support
(max_part) enabled in nbd. Otherwise, nbd devices use consecutive
minor numbers.

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Paul