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From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
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> From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
> Date: Fri 25 Oct, 2002
> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_dis

> Just how do you intend to use "standard BSD device naming" for a
> scheme which supports up to 16k partitions ?

By mapping /dev/da0[a-z] onto partitions I will likely use.

I am not precluding a new naming scheme to cope with new demands, simply
stating that the existing scheme, which caters for 99% per cent of cases,
should be preserved.

		Cheers,

		Mark.

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