From: thorongil@telenet.be   
      
   On 29.11.2021 at 06:45, Henrik Carlqvist scribbled:   
      
   > On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 14:08:40 +0100, Aragorn wrote:   
   > > You appear to have an MBR-partitioned drive.     
   >    
   > Yes, that is correct. I still boot using good old lilo.   
   >    
   > > GPT-partitioned drives either way do support 128 distinct   
   > > partitions — SCSI or not.     
   >    
   > But does the device numbering with major and minor numbers depend   
   > upon the type of partition?   
      
   I don't think so, no.  I don't know how GPT handles partition device   
   numbers above 16, but I know it does support up to 128 partitions, and   
   that the Linux kernel can certainly handle it.   
      
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   With respect,   
   = Aragorn =   
      
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