3rd BIG IDE drive in LINUX 1.2.11

[albert at ccs.neu.edu (Albert Cahalan)]

>>> I have just added a third IDE drive to my system.  OS/2 Warp Connect
>>> sees and uses it just fine.  LINUX recognizes the drive hdc upon
>>> bootup (the third drive is a 1.6GB Western Digital).  However,
>>> LINUX "fdisk /dev/hdc" does not see it.  
>>
>> Someone (here?) had trouble with incorrect /dev entries.
>> Check it against the list included with the kernel, or
>> get a new MAKEDEV and use it.
> 
> My entries (kernel 1.2.13) look like this:
> 
> vanzandt-pc:/usr/lib$ ls -l /dev/hd? /dev/hd?1
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3,   0 Jul 17  1994 /dev/hda
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3,   1 Jul 17  1994 /dev/hda1
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3,  64 Jul 17  1994 /dev/hdb
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3,  65 Jul 17  1994 /dev/hdb1
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3, 128 Feb 15  1995 /dev/hdc
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3, 129 Feb 15  1995 /dev/hdc1
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3, 192 Feb 15  1995 /dev/hdd
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3, 193 Feb 15  1995 /dev/hdd1

That is wrong, try this instead:

> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3,   0 Jul 17  1994 /dev/hda
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3,   1 Jul 17  1994 /dev/hda1
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3,  64 Jul 17  1994 /dev/hdb
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk       3,  65 Jul 17  1994 /dev/hdb1
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk      22,   0 Feb 15  1995 /dev/hdc
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk      22,   1 Feb 15  1995 /dev/hdc1
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk      22,  64 Feb 15  1995 /dev/hdd
> brw-r-----   1 root     disk      22,  65 Feb 15  1995 /dev/hdd1

I think someone saw a pattern and made a bad assumption.