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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!merlin!mel.dit.csiro.au!its.csiro.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!metro!ultima!kralizec.zeta.org.au!godzilla.zeta.org.au!not-for-mail From: bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Coexisting on the PC Date: 11 Mar 1994 20:52:22 +1100 Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney - +61-2-837-1183, v.32bis and v.42bis Lines: 16 Message-ID: <2lpf0mINNnh@godzilla.zeta.org.au> References: <CLz6un.A9G@rex.uokhsc.edu> <2l3nvj$fpc@u.cc.utah.edu> <1994Mar10.090638.1364@softwords.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: godzilla.zeta.org.au In article <1994Mar10.090638.1364@softwords.bc.ca>, John Nemeth <jnemeth@cue.bc.ca> wrote: > > Apparently, Linux uses wd0i for the whole physical disk and >wd0[j-m] for the BIOS style partitions. I think that this is an >interesting idea that is worth considering. To mount a DOS partition, >you would simply type something like 'mount -t msdos /dev/wd0j /DOS'. >I think the DOS/BIOS geometry should be passed in at boot time. Er, wd0[i-m] are for FreeBSD-1.1. They correspond to hda[0-4] in linux. The device names aren't the greatest but since they only need to be used in /etc/fstab and /dev/MAKEDEV, they will be easy to change if more orthogonal minor numbering and naming schemes are developed. -- Bruce Evans bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au