Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition support. ======================================= Minix subpartition support is provided in `linux/drivers/block/genhd.c'. Minix partitions are shown with the device name suffixed with an `@' followed by any detected subpartitions inside angle brackets, like this: Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2@ < hda5 hda6 > hda3 hda4 Usage ===== Add entries to /etc/fstab, change for your setup: /dev/hda5 /mnt/minix minix rw,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/minix/usr minix rw,noauto 0 0 To mount your Minix filesystems: mount /mnt/minix # mount / mount /mnt/minix/usr # mount /usr Note ==== The first sector of a Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 partition containing subpartitions looks like the master boot record (MBR) on the first sector of the hard disk. It has 1) a small loader program which loads the boot sector from the Minix root partition (usually hd?a). 2) a small partition table which gives the starting C/H/S values and sizes for the 4 Minix subpartitions. If there are no subpartitions then the first sector of the Minix partition contains the usual boot sector. Bug Reports =========== Anand Krishnamurthy Rajeev V. Pillai