Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932251AbVK1W0P (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:26:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932244AbVK1W0P (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:26:15 -0500 Received: from hell.sks3.muni.cz ([147.251.210.189]:56241 "EHLO anubis.fi.muni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932243AbVK1W0O (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:26:14 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:25:58 +0100 From: Lukas Hejtmanek To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Too many disks in system? (RAID5) Message-ID: <20051128222558.GN2529@mail.muni.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-echelon: NSA, CIA, CI5, MI5, FBI, KGB, BIS, Plutonium, Bin Laden, bomb User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 622 Lines: 16 Hello, I have system with attached SATA array which contains 24 disks. I wanted to run software RAID 5, but 24 disks means, that I would need /dev/sda to /dev/sdx devices with major 8 and last minor 384. Minor seems to be limited to 8 bits. Is there any chance to run software array using all 24 disks? My test was with mknod v. 5.2.1 and kernel 2.6.14.3 -- Luk?? Hejtm?nek - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/