Re: Where are wd0s1, wd0s2, wd0s3?

[Ken <krice@research.suspicious.org>]

OpenBSD uses disklable to slice up the bios partition into smaller
partitions.. man disklabel

-Ken

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On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Manas Garg wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been using Linux on my machine for 2 years and now wanted to try
> OpenBSD. So, I installed it on one partition and now I am trying to figure out
> how to create device files that correspond to my linux partitions (so that I
> can mount them and use data on them).
>
> I have 4 primary partitions on my IDE disk (on a Pentium III). First is linux
> swap, second and third are / and /home of linux. On fourth, I have installed
> OpenBSD which divided 4th in multiple pieces. When I tried to mount these linux
> partitions, I couldn't find those wd0s1, wd0s2 device files in /dev/ that I had
> seen and used in FreeBSD. All that I see here is wd0a, wd0b etc (like NetBSD).
>
> fdisk shows me correct disk geometry and all.
>
> On which device files should I mount my linux partitions. And if I have to
> create them, what should be their major and minor numbers?
>
> 	--manas