Hello,

> >> I think so, it's definitely worth a try.
> >> On sparc64 it looks like this:
> >> brw-r-----  1 root  operator  12,  0 Mar 20 11:55 /dev/wd0a
> >> brw-r-----  1 root  operator  12,  1 Mar 20 11:55 /dev/wd0b
> >> brw-r-----  1 root  operator  12,  2 Mar 20 11:55 /dev/wd0c
> >> brw-r-----  1 root  operator  12,  3 Mar 20 11:55 /dev/wd0d
> >> brw-r-----  1 root  operator  12,  4 Mar 20 11:55 /dev/wd0e
> >> brw-r-----  1 root  operator  12,  5 Mar 20 11:55 /dev/wd0f
> >> brw-r-----  1 root  operator  12,  6 Mar 20 11:55 /dev/wd0g
> >> brw-r-----  1 root  operator  12,  7 Mar 20 11:55 /dev/wd0h
> 
> No go:
> 
> tadpole# disklabel -r /dev/wd0c
> disklabel: /dev/wd0c: Device not configured
> tadpole# ls -l /dev/wd0*
> brw-r--r--  1 root  daemon  12, 0 Apr  8 03:00 /dev/wd0a
> brw-r--r--  1 root  daemon  12, 1 Apr  8 03:00 /dev/wd0b
> brw-r--r--  1 root  daemon  12, 2 Apr  8 03:00 /dev/wd0c
> brw-r--r--  1 root  daemon  12, 3 Apr  8 03:01 /dev/wd0d
> brw-r--r--  1 root  daemon  12, 4 Apr  8 03:01 /dev/wd0e
> brw-r--r--  1 root  daemon  12, 5 Apr  8 03:01 /dev/wd0f
> brw-r--r--  1 root  daemon  12, 6 Apr  8 03:01 /dev/wd0g
> brw-r--r--  1 root  daemon  12, 7 Apr  8 03:01 /dev/wd0h

Damn. Ok, I'll have a look how the major numbers are assigned, apparently they're not static anymore.

have fun
Michael