Hi,

I have 13 partitions on the hda drive. When I try to see under /dev, I can see only 10 of them. Any pointer how can I see the others? How can I get the /dev entries created without rebooting the box?


[root@it-dbamon ~]# ls -trl /dev/hda*
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 10 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda10
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 1 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 3 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 2 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 5 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 4 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 7 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 6 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 9 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda9
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 8 May 4 10:18 /dev/hda8
[root@it-dbamon ~]# fdisk -l /dev/hda


Disk /dev/hda: 20.8 GB, 20847697920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2534 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes


Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 392 3148708+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 393 914 4192965 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 915 1436 4192965 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 1437 2534 8819685 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1437 1828 3148708+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 2090 2220 1052226 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 2221 2285 522081 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda8 2286 2318 265041 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 1829 1896 546178+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda10 1897 1927 248976 83 Linux
/dev/hda11 1928 1989 497983+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda12 1990 2051 497983+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda13 2052 2089 305203+ 83 Linux


Partition table entries are not in disk order


I need to create the filesystems on the partitions 11-13 and have them
mounted but can't do it. The mkfs fails to find the devices


[root@it-dbamon ~]# mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda11
mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
Could not stat /dev/hda11 --- No such file or directory


The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?
[root@it-dbamon ~]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda11
mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
Could not stat /dev/hda11 --- No such file or directory


The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?
[root@it-dbamon ~]#

See:

$ man MAKEDEV

The implementation varies somewhat from distro to distro, so you need to read the man page to see how to do it with your unknown distro. You will be looking for something like “MAKEDEV hda”.

Rebooting should also accomplish what you want to do.