shing@eng.umd.edu (Tai-Kang Shing) writes:
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>       I partitioned the second hard (Mator 213AT, 202M) into  a extended
>partition with 6 logical drives (i.e., /dev/hdb5--/dev/hdb10). But when I
>try to use mke2fs to format /dev/hdb10 (with Linux/Minix partition), it
>said unable to open /dev/hdb10 (or something like that). What's wrong with
>that? I was successful in formating /dev/hda2, therefore I am sure the
>procedure is right. I also noticed that under directory /dev the device
>number for hdb is only up to hdb8. Is that related to my problem? How to
>solve it? 
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>-tks

I don't know for sure if it'll work, but it's worth a shot!

Try this:       (after backing-up anything you don't want to lose...)

      mknod  /dev/hdb9  b  3  73
      mknod  /dev/hdb10  b  3  74

That *should* create your missing devices.  If they work, let me know!

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