Re: 5.1 installation fun & games...

[alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)]

> Hmmm. ALl of the dev devices were major/minor 0 0 so I've put them right
> using the kernel device numbers list. If nfs is not passing device numbers
> how exactly does this work (as it apparently does) or is this an SGI
> specific NFS thing...

Linux device numbers are major<<8|minor, SGI ones are split on a 
different boundary. NFSv2 doesnt indicate the boundary - so device
2,0 on linux may appear as 0,512 on Irix.

Alan