* SCSI partitions
@ 2001-01-16 19:10 ed
2001-01-16 19:33 ` Brian Gerst
2001-01-16 22:39 ` David Lang
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From: ed @ 2001-01-16 19:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Does anyone remember the reason why SCSI drives were limited to
15 partitions?
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* Re: SCSI partitions
2001-01-16 19:10 SCSI partitions ed
@ 2001-01-16 19:33 ` Brian Gerst
2001-01-16 22:39 ` David Lang
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From: Brian Gerst @ 2001-01-16 19:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ed; +Cc: linux-kernel
ed@alcpress.com wrote:
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> Does anyone remember the reason why SCSI drives were limited to
> 15 partitions?
Because of the limitations of having 8-bit major/minor device numbers.
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* Re: SCSI partitions
2001-01-16 19:10 SCSI partitions ed
2001-01-16 19:33 ` Brian Gerst
@ 2001-01-16 22:39 ` David Lang
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From: David Lang @ 2001-01-16 22:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ed; +Cc: linux-kernel
in part it is due to the major/minor split which only gives 4 bits for the
partition number.
if you use devfs or LVM this limit is removed.
David Lang
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 ed@alcpress.com wrote:
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:10:41 -0800
> From: ed@alcpress.com
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: SCSI partitions
>
> Does anyone remember the reason why SCSI drives were limited to
> 15 partitions?
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