On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:20:19PM +0100, christophe varoqui wrote: > types = [ "device-mapper", 254 ] The number is actually related to the partitioning allowed on the device. * Devices are only checked for partition tables if their minor number * is a multiple of the number corresponding to their type below * i.e. this gives the granularity of whole-device minor numbers. * Use 1 if the device is not partitionable. device-mapper devices don't get partitioned by the kernel so use 1 instead of 254. Alasdair -- agk@xxxxxxxxxx