On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
Partition naming is O/S dependent, so the hfstools might require some knowledge about the O/S partition naming scheme. For information, mklinux uses standard linux device names, ie. /dev/sd followed by scsi device (a-h map to device ID 0-7) then partition number (0 is raw disk, 1 is hfs partition map, 2 is (often) a driver partition, 3 is (often) the first hfs partition, etc).
eg : /dev/sdc3 is scsi device 2 partition number 3.
hfstools do not need about partition naming scheme. This needs to be implemented into the kernel, I think.
They don't need to be implemented anywhere. The partitions are named when you name the device files, which could be named anything you want. I could make /dev/harddrive1 point to device 8, 0 (/dev/sda normally). If the utilities that manipulate device are written correctly (fdisk), the partitions should show up as:
/dev/harddrive11 /dev/harddrive12 /dev/harddrive13 ...
This isn't a function of hfstools or the kernel. It's just a commonly-followed convention.
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