On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 17:21, Stanley A. Schultz wrote: > > So, I checked /dev for all the listing that it had for hda*. Guess what? > The highest number was hda16. That immediately suggests that the Linux > developers weren't expecting me (or anyone else for that matter) to use > more than 16 partitions on hard disk 'a.' <snip> > A lengthy search of HOWTOs and FAQs for MAKEDEV again proved largely > fruitless. There were lots, but none of them gave detailed, itemized > instructions with an example or 2. > > So, I "winged it." I downloaded MAKEDEV-3.??.rpm and installed it, moved > to /dev and entered the following series of commands: > > ./MAKEDEV /hda17 > ./MAKEDEV /hda18 > ./MAKEDEV /hda19 > ./MAKEDEV /hda20 > ./MAKEDEV /hda21 > ./MAKEDEV /hda22 > > and BINGO! I could mount the partitions by hand and read their contents > just fine. > Ha. Hahahahaha. Sorry, but I really did laugh out loud at your solution. Why? Because it's so simple. Because I should have known that. I've been there before (with sound devices, not hard drives, but devices files are devices files after all). Really a simple solution to the problem, considering all the suggestions (including my own) that have flown around the list about this. Good for you, Stan.
> I haven't tried it yet after rebooting (the acid test!), but I'm pretty > sure it'll work. > Please, keep us informed. It sounds like you got it though. It sounds like a good solution to me. Ian
