On 06/10/31 09:54 (GMT-0500) Eberhard Moenkeberg apparently typed:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Felix Miata wrote:
I can't put any Linux on this system because the target partition is non-negotiably sata #16 or higher. If I want to install linux anywhere I choose on a disk, I'm stuck with PATA. Windoz makes no such imposition on how I logically carve up my huge disks.
Having a maximum of 15 partitions an a SCSI disk is not a linux kernel problem, it is simply a linux kernel fact.
Exact same difference, except that the limitation when SCSI was SCSI was SCSI and not SCSI/USB/SATA/Firewire/whoknowswhatelse had a minor universe of people it affected. With the replacement of legacy ata by libata (pretending SATA is SCSI), it morphed into an artificial limitation that potentially impacts a universe several magnitudes larger. That means a solution is called for, no matter what the kernel developers say or do or not about it, or how the status quo is defined. I don't really know anything about kernel development, but if it was up to me, with the 2.8 generation of kernels, the majors and minors for PATA & SATA would be swapped to permit max 63 on SCSI and instead limit PATA to 15 unless a superior integrated system could be found and implemented. My disks average upwards of 20 partitions each, a number which continues to climb. This 24/7 system has two disks, with 43 and 18 partitions. My other 24/7 system has 1 disk with 22 partitions. There's simply no way for those numbers to be reduced as long as disk sizes keep escalating. -- "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped." Psalm 28:7 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org