Small patch allow exactly 3 primaries.
The original failed on my configuration listed below:
disk_config sda
primary / 200 defaults,errors=remount-ro
primary /tmp 400
primary /var 400
logical swap 1000
logical /usr 4000
logical /disks/u1 15000 ; reiser
logical /disks/u2 1- ; reiser
amazon:~# diff -c fai-2.3.4/scripts/setup_harddisks*
*** fai-2.3.4/scripts/setup_harddisks Thu May 16 19:48:32 2002
--- fai-2.3.4/scripts/setup_harddisks.orig Thu May 16 19:47:10 2002
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*** 393,400 ****
($MPPrimary{$extmp} eq "yes") && ($NoMoreLogicals = 1);
$MPPrimary{$mountpoint} = "yes";
$PrimPartNo++;
! # ($PrimPartNo == 3) && ($disk =~ /^sd/) && ($PrimPartNo++);
! ($PrimPartNo >4 ) && die "ERROR: Too many primary partitions
(max 4).";
$MountpointPart{$mountpoint} = PartName($disk,$PrimPartNo);
if($options =~ /\bboot\b/i){
($BootPartition) && die "ERROR: only one partition can be
bootable at a time.";
--- 393,401 ----
($MPPrimary{$extmp} eq "yes") && ($NoMoreLogicals = 1);
$MPPrimary{$mountpoint} = "yes";
$PrimPartNo++;
! ($PrimPartNo == 3) && ($disk =~ /^sd/) && ($PrimPartNo++);
! ($PrimPartNo >4 ) && die "ERROR: Too much primary partitions
(max 4).".
! " All logicals together need one primary too.\n";
$MountpointPart{$mountpoint} = PartName($disk,$PrimPartNo);
if($options =~ /\bboot\b/i){
($BootPartition) && die "ERROR: only one partition can be
bootable at a time.";
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*** 415,421 ****
$PrimPartNo++;
($PrimPartNo == 3) && ($disk =~ /^sd/) && ($PrimPartNo++);
($PrimPartNo >4 )
! && die "ERROR: too many primary partitions (max 4).".
" All logicals together need one primary too.\n";
$MountpointPart{$extmp} = PartName($disk,$PrimPartNo);
$DiskMountpoints{$disk} .= " $extmp";
--- 416,422 ----
$PrimPartNo++;
($PrimPartNo == 3) && ($disk =~ /^sd/) && ($PrimPartNo++);
($PrimPartNo >4 )
! && die "ERROR: too much primary partitions (max 4).".
" All logicals together need one primary too.\n";
$MountpointPart{$extmp} = PartName($disk,$PrimPartNo);
$DiskMountpoints{$disk} .= " $extmp";
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Kristian G. Kvilekval
email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] office:(805)893-4178 http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~kris
