Re: Over 15 partitions on SCSI?

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> Is there any simple patch to get the kernel to report the full partition
> table when using SCSI as it does with the IDE driver? I do not need any
> additional device file support since using rawfs I am mounting the entire
> drive (/dev/sdb), I just need the kernel recognize the existence of
> additional partitions beyond those addressable via device files.

You might want to have a look at LVM. It should do exactly what you
need - providing block devices which can even be created/scrapped
and re-sized on the fly.

http://linux.msede.com/lvm/

Michael

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