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where:
vdev is the virtual device number specified in hex without the leading 0x.
size - the size of the device in kilobytes.
offset - the offset after which the minidisk is available.
blksize - the blocksize with which the minidisk was formatted.
Multiple mdisk= statements are allowed. The minor numbers of the device will be
assigned in the order that they appear in the parmline file.
Example
mdisk=193,194
This reserves minor numbers 0 and 4 for minidisks at addresses 193 and 194.
When the minidisk driver is compiled as a module, you must put the following
entries in /etc/modules.conf.
Note: Remember that your root file system cannot be on a minidisk if you make
the minidisk driver a module. It must either be ...