Minor Number
 

Hello All,

What is a minor no in a partition table? When I do parted I can see minor no what is that?

Regards,
Subho

major device node numbers corespond to the controlling driver.
minor device node numbers distinguish between individual devices on that major driver.
for instance a primary IDE driver can have more than one device attached to it.
individual partitions on a hardrive i think are represented as seperate minor devices.