Re: device /dev/sda16 not exist?

T <mlist4suntong@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Hi,

I just created a FAT32 partition using Win2k at /dev/sda16.

But when I tried to mount it under Linux, I get:

% mount /dev/sda16 /mnt/tmp1/
mount: special device /dev/sda16 does not exist

why the device not exist? It's there:

$ fdisk -l | grep sda16
/dev/sda16 23510 24792 10305666 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)


If you look at the device numbers for sda16 and sdb under linux I
think you will see why. For some reason the kernel only allows 15
partitions for SCSI drives. Of course, there may be some way to
create new partitions that I don't know of, now that the kernel has
increased from 16 bit device numbers. (I just checked, and the
makedev documentation still states that only 15 partions are allowed.)

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