On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 12:31:21AM -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 05:57:31PM -0500, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > > Hello, > > > > With the change from traditional /dev/hd* type device nodes to /dev/sd* > > type nodes, I see that the highest partition number that can be used is > > 15. Will this change so that higher numbers will be available? I do > > have a system that has a drive with almost 30 small partitions used in a > > research effort and the number of partitions has not been an issue thru fc6. > > afaik, The only way to achieve > 15 "partitions" per disk with /dev/sd* is to > use device mapper. I'm not sure the upper limit of logical volumes > per PV, but I'm fairly sure it's higher than 15. You can also use GPT (GUID Partition Table) for non-boot disks (or for all disks at ia64/s390). If I good remember the number of partitions is unlimited by GPT specification (= the limit depends on implementation; usually 128 partitions). The 'parted' supports GPT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table Karel -- Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
