Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This kernel came up, but my boot script complained about no /dev/hdb3 > when trying to mount /var. > (I have two IDE disks on the same cable, and an IDE cdrom on another.) > They are usually hda, hdb, and hdc. > > MAKEDEV hdq did not help. Looking at sysfs, it turns out that > /dev/hdq1 is at major:3 minor:1025 if I interpret things right. > (/dev/hda1 is at 3:1, which is correct.) > These numbers did not work with my mknod, it created 7:1 instead. > So I didn't get to test this mysterious device. > > But I assume this is a mistake of some sort, I haven't heard about any > change in the IDE numbering coming up? 2.6.1-rc3-mm1 works as expected. > > It may be interesting to note that my root raid-1 came up fine, > consisting of hdq1 and hda1 instead of the usual hdb1 and hda1.
I don't know what could be causing that. Please send .config. If you set CONFIG_BASE_FULL=n, try setting it to `y'. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
