On 2007/12/15 20:00 (GMT) Dr P Dupre apparently typed: > When I tried to install FC7 on a disk with more than 16 partition, it > failed because complains at the isntallation. So I had to reformat the > disk. I did not want to have to face the same problem with another > computer with more than 16 partitions. If I remember one problem is > with fdisk and maybe udev. AFAICT, Fedora 7+ provides no option for accessing partitions above 15 as other contemporary distros do. So, you need to either rework your entire philosophy and implementation of partitioning on those disks, which means using LVM if you need to carve your disk into logical subdivisions, or switch to a distro that still supports the traditional 62 partition per ATA disk limit, such as OpenSUSE or Mandriva. The limit problem is from neither fdisk nor udev, but the kernel drivers for hard disks. The default driver system was changed roughly a year ago. AFAICT, Fedora 7+ doesn't offer the optional legacy disk driver system that other contemporary distros offer. If you're up to the task, a third possible option would be to install F7 or F8 to an accessible partition, then rebuild the kernel to include the traditional drivers and prefer them to libata. FWIW, the SCSI system that the default libata drivers use is limited to 14 partitions with filesystems. 0 is the whole disk. 16 is past the limit. One of the remaining 15 is reserved for the extended container, leaving the actual place usable filesystems can live at 14. The legacy system permits 62, same as FC6 and prior. I have several disks with more than 40. -- " Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/
