2008/5/18 spa malling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > > I had an error during partitioning a new HD. > > Is there a limit to the number of partitions that gparted can do?
Hi. This is actually a limitation of the linux kernel because of the allocation of minor device numbers. For scsi devices (block major 8) there is an upper limit of 15 partitions. Ide devices (block major 3) supports up till 63 partitions. For more details you can look in http://lxr.linux.no/linux/Documentation/devices.txt. While I cannot say for sure, I would guess that your system is configured to use libata which then present your ide/sata disks as scsi disks. In order to access those partition at the end, disable libata and access them as /dev/hda*. BR Håkon Løvdal
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