Subject: Re: partition bookkeeping
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/22/1999 18:02:39
> Well, yes. But it doesn't have to have a partition number.
>
> I could imagine, for example...
>
> sd0 at scsibus0 ....
> -> sd0 raw partition at sd major, minor 0
> -> label shows three partitions, #0, #1, #5
> sd1 at scsibus0 ....
> -> sd1 raw partition at sd major, minor 1
> -> label shows two partitions, #4, #7
> ....
> wedge covering sd0:
> partition 0 ("sd0a") at sd major, minor 2
> partition 1 ("sd0b") at sd major, minor 3
> partition 5 ("sd0f") at sd major, minor 4
> wedge covering sd1:
> partition 4 ("sd1e") at sd major, minor 5
> partition 7 ("sd1h") at sd major, minor 6
What happens after "scsictl scan"? (forcing a reprobe of the bus)