On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 11:16:57AM -0600, James Johnson wrote: > Is there a max number of dasd devices that can be attached to a Linux > machine? > Hi,
the number of dasd is limited by the number of free major numbers. With the default majornumber 94 you can attach 64 dasds. From there on the majornumbers from 254 descending are used. So it depends how much major numbers are free from there. Name devices Major/Minor dasda - dasdz 26 94/0 --> 94/100 dasdaa - dasdzz 674 94/101 --> 94/252, 254/0 --> 245/244 dasdaaa - dasdzzz 17576 245/248 --> 131/148 Source: Device Driver and Installation commands April 30, 2002 Ihno -- Ihno Krumreich [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux AG S390 & zSeries Deutschherrnstr. 15-19 +49-911-74053-439 90429 N|rnberg http://www.suse.de
