From: David Santinoli <u235@libero.it>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Partition renumbering under 2.4.0
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:54:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010117125417.A717@aidi.santinoli.com> (raw)
Hi,
I've noticed that some logical partitions get different numbering under 2.2.16
and 2.4.0. Here's my /dev/hdb layout:
hdb1: fat32
hdb2: Solaris partition (contains 4 Solaris slices)
hdb3: ext2
hdb4: extended partition (contains 1 ext2 logical partition)
and here's how it gets detected by the kernels:
2.2.16:
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 <solaris: [s0] hdb5 [s1] hdb6 [s2] hdb7 [s7] hdb8 > hdb3 hdb4 <
hdb9 >
2.4.0:
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 >
hdb2: <solaris: [s0] hdb6 [s1] hdb7 [s2] hdb8 [s7] hdb9 >
Note that the ext2 logical partition is called "hdb9" by 2.2.16 and "hdb5" by
2.4.0.
This makes it difficult to manage multi-boot systems with 2.2.x and 2.4.x
kernels, as it requires updating fstab between boots. Switching to other
identification strategies such as ext2 labels - as discussed in other threads -
could be a workaround, as far as I know.
Cheers,
David
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