Submission for comp-unix-microport

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From: jim at fsc2086.FSC.COM (Jim O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: /dev/dsk for TWO fdisk partitions
Keywords: fdisk disk
Message-ID: <374 at fsc2086.FSC.COM>
Date: 6 Jan 89 23:20:26 GMT
References: <228 at softop.UUCP>
Organization: Filtration Sciences Corp., Chattanooga, TN
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In article <228 at softop.UUCP>, jeff at softop.UUCP (Jeff) writes:
> I plan to purchase a 200M drive for a 286 based uPort system.
> 
> 4 file systems on this drive is insufficient for my needs,
> so I wish to use fdisk to create 2 disk partitions, and then
> to divvy each partition into 4 filsys's.

Just out of curiousity, what application would need or require 8 separate
25Meg filesystems?  

> 1/	Will it work

I don't know if you can do it, but I have a suspicion you may have trouble
mounting 9 filesystems (the 8 on this drive, plus at least /dev/root), unless
you re-link the kernel and specify a larger maximum mounted file system
number.  Since the data structures pertaining to mounted file systems are
fairly large, this may not be easy, if your kernel is already close to the
max size allowable.

--jim
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James B. O'Connor				jim at FSC.COM
Filtration Sciences Corp.			+1 615 821 4022 x651
105 W. 45th St. - Chattanooga, TN 37409