Post, Mark K wrote:
It's not an inode value. Inodes are found in file systems, they're not device-related. The number you see is the decimal value of a two-byte hexadecimal number. The hexadecimal number is the major and minor numbers on the device in /dev. For example, on one of my systems, /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev give me a value of 24065. Converting that to hex, gives me 5E01. So, device number 94, 01 in /dev is my real root device. That just happens to be /dev/dasda1.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls /dev/hda? brw-rw---- 1 root 3, 1 Mar 9 04:04 /dev/hda1 brw-rw---- 1 root 3, 2 Mar 9 04:04 /dev/hda2 brw-rw---- 1 root 3, 3 Mar 9 04:04 /dev/hda3 brw-rw---- 1 root 3, 4 Mar 9 04:04 /dev/hda4 brw-rw---- 1 root 3, 5 Mar 9 04:04 /dev/hda5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ /dev/hda is my sole physical drive, hda3 contains my root filesystem. -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ do not reply off-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
