On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: > On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 23:32:21 PDT David Stern ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > I'm having an irregular experience with mke2fs. I'm attempting to > > format /dev/sda16 and message says: > > > > > debian# mke2fs -v /dev/sda16 > > > mke2fs 1.10, 24-Apr-97 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 > > > /dev/sda16 is entire device, not just one partition! > > > Proceed anyway? (y,n) > > > > But /dev/sda16 is just a 500MB partition, not an entire device: > > [...] > > I tried changing the beginning and ending cylinders, to no avail. Why > > does mke2fs think /dev/sda16 is the entire drive? > > Because /dev/sda16 has major 8, minor 16, which is the major/minor pair for /dev/sdb: look at 'ls -l /dev/sda16 /dev/sdb'. BTW, you have created sda16 yourself didn't you :-) > There is an infortunate 15 partition limit on PCs.
I think anyone who installed Debian 1.3 with the 1997-05-30 installation floppies will have exactly the same devices. All mine do. Now I feel guilty for complaining that Debian 1.2 only had sdx1 through 8 (which bit me badly). [BTW I think you posted that "Because /dev ... didn't you :-)" all on one line.] -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .