On 2008/06/24 23:59 (GMT+0900) Tejun Heo apparently typed: > I'm currently working on a scheme where partitions above gd->minors get > allocated dynamic MAJ:MIN. It looks like it can be done mostly in block > layer proper. The only problem I can foresee is not being able to > specify MAJ:MIN as root device but that shouldn't be a major problem. > I'll report back when I make more progress. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but on the following, would it not be a major problem booting, without deleting any existing or moving any existing, with only a few more upgrade cycles to replace what's there installed now with current and near future distros? Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x31caf8da Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 13 104391 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS # OS/2 maintenance OS /dev/hda2 * 14 14 8032+ a OS/2 Boot Manager # Primary Boot Loader /dev/hda3 15 46 257040 6 FAT16 # DOS /dev/hda4 48 14594 116848777+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 48 48 8001 1 FAT12 # DOS /dev/hda6 49 80 257008+ 6 FAT16 # DOS /dev/hda7 82 107 208813+ 83 Linux # primary Grub /dev/hda8 108 222 923706 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda9 223 834 4915858+ 83 Linux # Fedora, current /dev/hda10 1142 1243 819283+ 7 HPFS/NTFS # OS/2 OS /dev/hda11 1269 1523 2048256 7 HPFS/NTFS # OS/2 data /dev/hda12 1575 1693 955836 7 HPFS/NTFS # OS/2 apps /dev/hda13 1694 2012 2562336 7 HPFS/NTFS # OS/2 archival /dev/hda14 2014 2217 1638598+ 83 Linux # /home /dev/hda15 2218 2568 2819376 83 Linux # /Knoppix /dev/hda16 2569 3486 7373803+ 83 Linux # SUSE 10.2 / /dev/hda17 3487 4379 7172991 83 Linux # /pub /dev/hda18 4380 4409 240943+ 83 Linux # /srv /dev/hda19 4410 4549 1124518+ 83 Linux # /usr/local /dev/hda20 4550 5187 5124703+ 83 Linux # /usr/src /dev/hda21 5188 5799 4915858+ 83 Linux # Mandriva 2007 / /dev/hda22 5800 6513 5735173+ 83 Linux # Factory / /dev/hda23 6514 7176 5325516 83 Linux # Cooker / /dev/hda24 7178 7279 819283+ 7 HPFS/NTFS # eComStation beta OS /dev/hda25 7281 7892 4915858+ 83 Linux # Fedora 6 / /dev/hda26 7893 8504 4915858+ 83 Linux # Fedora 5 / /dev/hda27 8505 9116 4915858+ 83 Linux # SUSE 10.0 / /dev/hda28 9117 9728 4915858+ 83 Linux # Mandriva 2006 / /dev/hda29 9729 10340 4915858+ 83 Linux # Mandriva 2008 / /dev/hda30 10341 10850 4096543+ 83 Linux # SUSE 11.0 / /dev/hda31 12656 12757 819283+ 7 HPFS/NTFS # OS/2 skeleton /dev/hda32 12758 14593 14747638+ 83 Linux # /isos /dev/hda33 14594 14594 8001 12 Compaq diagnostics # demarcation line 14595 19456 # freespace -- "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?" Matthew 7:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
