diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Inode.h b/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Inode.h
index 47fb991308..6e5bb0af85 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Inode.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/FS/Inode.h
@@ -34,13 +34,17 @@ namespace Kernel
 			IFREG = 0x8000,
 			IFLNK = 0xA000,
 			IFSOCK = 0xC000,
+			TYPE_MASK = 0xF000,
 		};
 
 	public:
 		virtual ~Inode() {}
 
-		bool ifdir() const { return mode() & Mode::IFDIR; }
-		bool ifreg() const { return mode() & Mode::IFREG; }
+		bool ifdir() const { return (mode() & Mode::TYPE_MASK) == Mode::IFDIR; }
+		bool ifblk() const { return (mode() & Mode::TYPE_MASK) == Mode::IFBLK; }
+		bool ifreg() const { return (mode() & Mode::TYPE_MASK) == Mode::IFREG; }
+		bool iflnk() const { return (mode() & Mode::TYPE_MASK) == Mode::IFLNK; }
+		bool ifsock() const { return (mode() & Mode::TYPE_MASK) == Mode::IFSOCK; }
 
 		bool operator==(const Inode& other) const { return dev() == other.dev() && rdev() == other.rdev() && ino() == other.ino(); }
 
diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/FS/VirtualFileSystem.h b/kernel/include/kernel/FS/VirtualFileSystem.h
index 929f85f2a8..da11cbf49f 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/FS/VirtualFileSystem.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/FS/VirtualFileSystem.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 		static VirtualFileSystem& get();
 		virtual ~VirtualFileSystem() {};
 
-		virtual BAN::RefPtr<Inode> root_inode() override  { return m_root_inode; }
+		virtual BAN::RefPtr<Inode> root_inode() override  { return m_root_fs->root_inode(); }
 
 		BAN::ErrorOr<void> mount(FileSystem*, BAN::StringView);
 
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 	private:
 		VirtualFileSystem() = default;
-		BAN::ErrorOr<void> initialize_impl();
 
 	private:
-		BAN::RefPtr<Inode>				m_root_inode;
+		FileSystem*						m_root_fs = nullptr;
 		BAN::Vector<MountPoint>			m_mount_points;
 		BAN::Vector<StorageController*>	m_storage_controllers;
 	};
diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/ATAController.h b/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/ATAController.h
index b593db71fb..8ac6af7593 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/ATAController.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/ATAController.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <BAN/Errors.h>
+#include <kernel/PCI.h>
 #include <kernel/Storage/StorageController.h>
 
 namespace Kernel
@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ namespace Kernel
 		ATAController* controller;
 
 		friend class ATAController;
+
+		char device_name[4] {};
+
+	public:
+		virtual ino_t ino() const override { return !!slave_bit; }
+		virtual mode_t mode() const override { return Mode::IFBLK; }
+		virtual nlink_t nlink() const override { return 1; }
+		virtual uid_t uid() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual gid_t gid() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual off_t size() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual blksize_t blksize() const override { return sector_size(); }
+		virtual blkcnt_t blocks() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual dev_t dev() const override;
+		virtual dev_t rdev() const override { return 0x5429; }
+
+		virtual BAN::StringView name() const override { return BAN::StringView(device_name, sizeof(device_name) - 1); }
+
+		virtual BAN::ErrorOr<size_t> read(size_t, void*, size_t) override;
 	};
 
 	struct ATABus
@@ -54,7 +72,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 		BAN::Error error();
 	};
 
-	class ATAController : public StorageController
+	class ATAController final : public StorageController
 	{
 	public:
 		static BAN::ErrorOr<ATAController*> create(const PCIDevice&);
@@ -71,6 +89,22 @@ namespace Kernel
 		const PCIDevice& m_pci_device;
 
 		friend class ATADevice;
+
+	public:
+		virtual ino_t ino() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual mode_t mode() const override { return Mode::IFCHR; }
+		virtual nlink_t nlink() const override { return 1; }
+		virtual uid_t uid() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual gid_t gid() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual off_t size() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual blksize_t blksize() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual blkcnt_t blocks() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual dev_t dev() const override { return DeviceManager::get().dev(); }
+		virtual dev_t rdev() const override { return 0x8594; }
+
+		virtual BAN::StringView name() const override { return "hd"sv; }
+
+		virtual BAN::ErrorOr<size_t> read(size_t, void*, size_t) { return BAN::Error::from_errno(ENOTSUP); }
 	};
 
 }
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diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/StorageController.h b/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/StorageController.h
index 0f9309b319..321c4f9188 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/StorageController.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/StorageController.h
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <kernel/PCI.h>
 #include <kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.h>
 
 namespace Kernel
 {
 
-	class StorageController
+	class StorageController : public CharacterDevice
 	{
 	public:
 		BAN::Vector<StorageDevice*>& devices() { return m_devices; }
 		const BAN::Vector<StorageDevice*>& devices() const { return m_devices; }
 
 	protected:
+		void add_device(StorageDevice* device)
+		{
+			ASSERT(device);
+			MUST(m_devices.push_back(device));
+		}
+
+	private:
 		BAN::Vector<StorageDevice*> m_devices;
 	};
 
diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.h b/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.h
index 2cd0bd0353..6290e3335d 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.h
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 	class StorageDevice;
 
-	class Partition
+	class Partition final : public BlockDevice
 	{
 	public:
-		Partition(StorageDevice&, const GUID&, const GUID&, uint64_t, uint64_t, uint64_t, const char*);
+		Partition(StorageDevice&, const GUID&, const GUID&, uint64_t, uint64_t, uint64_t, const char*, uint32_t);
 
 		const GUID& partition_type() const { return m_type; }
 		const GUID& partition_guid() const { return m_guid; }
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 		BAN::ErrorOr<void> read_sectors(uint64_t lba, uint8_t sector_count, uint8_t* buffer);
 		BAN::ErrorOr<void> write_sectors(uint64_t lba, uint8_t sector_count, const uint8_t* buffer);
-		bool is_used() const { uint8_t zero[16] {}; return memcmp(&m_type, zero, 16); }
 
 	private:
 		StorageDevice& m_device;
@@ -41,9 +40,29 @@ namespace Kernel
 		const uint64_t m_lba_end;
 		const uint64_t m_attributes;
 		char m_label[36 * 4 + 1];
+
+	public:
+		virtual ino_t ino() const override { return m_index; }
+		virtual mode_t mode() const override { return Mode::IFBLK | Mode::IRUSR | Mode::IRGRP; }
+		virtual nlink_t nlink() const override { return 1; }
+		virtual uid_t uid() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual gid_t gid() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual off_t size() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual blksize_t blksize() const;
+		virtual blkcnt_t blocks() const override { return 0; }
+		virtual dev_t dev() const override;
+		virtual dev_t rdev() const { return 0x7459; }
+
+		virtual BAN::StringView name() const override { return m_device_name; }
+
+		virtual BAN::ErrorOr<size_t> read(size_t, void*, size_t) override;
+
+	private:
+		const uint32_t m_index;
+		BAN::String m_device_name;
 	};
 
-	class StorageDevice
+	class StorageDevice : public BlockDevice
 	{
 	public:
 		virtual ~StorageDevice() {}
@@ -55,10 +74,11 @@ namespace Kernel
 		virtual uint32_t sector_size() const = 0;
 		virtual uint64_t total_size() const = 0;
 
-		BAN::Vector<Partition>& partitions() { return m_partitions; }
+		BAN::Vector<Partition*>& partitions() { return m_partitions; }
+		const BAN::Vector<Partition*>& partitions() const { return m_partitions; }
 
 	private:
-		BAN::Vector<Partition> m_partitions;
+		BAN::Vector<Partition*> m_partitions;
 	};
 
 }
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diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Device.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Device.cpp
index fdfe0feb07..3520ef6bcb 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Device.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Device.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
+#include <BAN/Time.h>
 #include <kernel/Device.h>
 #include <kernel/LockGuard.h>
+#include <kernel/PCI.h>
 #include <kernel/Process.h>
+#include <kernel/RTC.h>
+#include <kernel/Storage/ATAController.h>
 
 namespace Kernel
 {
 
 	static DeviceManager* s_instance = nullptr;
 
+	Device::Device()
+		: m_create_time({ BAN::to_unix_time(RTC::get_current_time()), 0 })
+	{ }
+
 	void DeviceManager::initialize()
 	{
 		ASSERT(s_instance == nullptr);
@@ -14,6 +22,43 @@ namespace Kernel
 		s_instance = new DeviceManager;
 		ASSERT(s_instance != nullptr);
 		
+		for (const auto& pci_device : PCI::get().devices())
+		{
+			switch (pci_device.class_code())
+			{
+				case 0x01:
+				{
+					StorageController* controller = nullptr;
+					switch (pci_device.subclass())
+					{
+						case 0x01:
+							if (auto res = ATAController::create(pci_device); res.is_error())
+								dprintln("{}", res.error());
+							else
+								controller = res.value();
+							break;
+						default:
+							dprintln("unsupported storage device (pci subclass {2H})", pci_device.subclass());
+							break;
+					}
+
+					if (controller)
+					{
+						s_instance->add_device(controller);
+						for (auto* device : controller->devices())
+						{
+							s_instance->add_device(device);
+							for (auto* partition : device->partitions())
+								s_instance->add_device(partition);
+						}
+					}
+					break;
+				}
+				default:
+					break;
+			}
+		}
+
 		MUST(Process::create_kernel(
 			[](void*)
 			{
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/FS/VirtualFileSystem.cpp b/kernel/kernel/FS/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
index 39d2c39f22..046f7077cb 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/FS/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/FS/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <BAN/ScopeGuard.h>
 #include <BAN/StringView.h>
 #include <BAN/Vector.h>
 #include <kernel/Device.h>
@@ -17,13 +18,13 @@ namespace Kernel
 		s_instance = new VirtualFileSystem();
 		if (s_instance == nullptr)
 			return BAN::Error::from_errno(ENOMEM);
+		BAN::ScopeGuard guard([] { delete s_instance; s_instance = nullptr; } );
 
-		if (auto res = s_instance->initialize_impl(); res.is_error())
-		{
-			delete s_instance;
-			s_instance = nullptr;
-			return res;
-		}
+		auto partition_inode = TRY(DeviceManager::get().read_directory_inode("hda1"));
+		s_instance->m_root_fs = TRY(Ext2FS::create(*(Partition*)partition_inode.ptr()));
+		TRY(s_instance->mount(&DeviceManager::get(), "/dev"));
+
+		guard.disable();
 
 		return {};
 	}
@@ -34,91 +35,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 		return *s_instance;
 	}
 
-	BAN::ErrorOr<void> VirtualFileSystem::initialize_impl()
-	{
-		// Initialize all storage controllers
-		for (auto& device : PCI::get().devices())
-		{
-			if (device.class_code() != 0x01)
-				continue;
-			
-			switch (device.subclass())
-			{
-				case 0x0:
-					dwarnln("unsupported SCSI Bus Controller");
-					break;
-				case 0x1:
-				case 0x5:
-					TRY(m_storage_controllers.push_back(TRY(ATAController::create(device))));
-					break;
-				case 0x2:
-					dwarnln("unsupported Floppy Disk Controller");
-					break;
-				case 0x3:
-					dwarnln("unsupported IPI Bus Controller");
-					break;
-				case 0x4:
-					dwarnln("unsupported RAID Controller");
-					break;
-				case 0x6:
-					dwarnln("unsupported Serial ATA Controller");
-					break;
-				case 0x7:
-					dwarnln("unsupported Serial Attached SCSI Controller");
-					break;
-				case 0x8:
-					dwarnln("unsupported Non-Volatile Memory Controller");
-					break;
-				case 0x80:
-					dwarnln("unsupported Unknown Storage Controller");
-					break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Initialize partitions on all devices on found controllers
-		for (auto controller : m_storage_controllers)
-		{
-			for (auto device : controller->devices())
-			{
-				if (device->total_size() == 0)
-					continue;
-
-				auto result = device->initialize_partitions();
-				if (result.is_error())
-				{
-					dwarnln("{}", result.error());
-					continue;
-				}
-				
-				for (auto& partition : device->partitions())
-				{
-					if (partition.label() == "banan-root"sv)
-					{
-						if (root_inode())
-							dwarnln("multiple root partitions found");
-						else
-						{
-							auto ext2fs_or_error = Ext2FS::create(partition);
-							if (ext2fs_or_error.is_error())
-								dwarnln("{}", ext2fs_or_error.error());
-							else
-								// FIXME: We leave a dangling pointer to ext2fs. This might be okay since
-								//        root fs sould probably be always mounted
-								m_root_inode = ext2fs_or_error.value()->root_inode();
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (!root_inode())
-			derrorln("Could not locate root partition");
-
-		TRY(mount(&DeviceManager::get(), "/dev"));
-
-		return {};
-	}
-
 	BAN::ErrorOr<void> VirtualFileSystem::mount(FileSystem* file_system, BAN::StringView path)
 	{
 		auto file = TRY(file_from_absolute_path(path));
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Storage/ATAController.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Storage/ATAController.cpp
index 0f750e07f8..230360d03d 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Storage/ATAController.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Storage/ATAController.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ namespace Kernel
 				device.bus = &bus;
 				device.controller = this;
 
+				device.device_name[0] = 'h';
+				device.device_name[1] = 'd';
+				device.device_name[2] = 'a' + bus_index * 2 + device_index;
+				device.device_name[3] = '\0';
+
 				bus.write(ATA_PORT_DRIVE_SELECT, 0xA0 | device.slave_bit);
 				PIT::sleep(1);
 
@@ -162,7 +167,15 @@ namespace Kernel
 				}
 				device.model[40] = 0;
 
-				TRY(m_devices.push_back(&device));
+				if (auto res = device.initialize_partitions(); res.is_error())
+				{
+					dprintln("could not initialize partitions on device {}", device.device_name);
+					device.type = ATADevice::DeviceType::Unknown;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					add_device(&device);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -342,4 +355,18 @@ namespace Kernel
 		ASSERT_NOT_REACHED();
 	}
 
+	dev_t ATADevice::dev() const
+	{
+		ASSERT(controller);
+		return controller->dev();
+	}
+
+	BAN::ErrorOr<size_t> ATADevice::read(size_t offset, void* buffer, size_t bytes)
+	{
+		if (offset % sector_size() || bytes % sector_size())
+			return BAN::Error::from_errno(EINVAL);
+		TRY(read_sectors(offset / sector_size(), bytes / sector_size(), (uint8_t*)buffer));
+		return bytes;
+	}
+
 }
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diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.cpp
index 222f30d401..fd73a1296e 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.cpp
@@ -168,32 +168,41 @@ namespace Kernel
 		{
 			const PartitionEntry& entry = *(const PartitionEntry*)(entry_array.data() + header.partition_entry_size * i);
 
+			GUID zero {};
+			if (memcmp(&entry.partition_type_guid, &zero, sizeof(GUID)) == 0)
+				continue;
+
 			char utf8_name[36 * 4 + 1];
 			BAN::UTF8::from_codepoints(entry.partition_name, 36, utf8_name);
 
-			MUST(m_partitions.emplace_back(
+			Partition* partition = new Partition(
 				*this, 
 				entry.partition_type_guid,
 				entry.unique_partition_guid,
 				entry.starting_lba,
 				entry.ending_lba,
 				entry.attributes,
-				utf8_name
-			));
+				utf8_name,
+				i
+			);
+			ASSERT(partition != nullptr);
+			MUST(m_partitions.push_back(partition));
 		}
 
 		return {};
 	}
 
-	Partition::Partition(StorageDevice& device, const GUID& type, const GUID& guid, uint64_t start, uint64_t end, uint64_t attr, const char* label)
+	Partition::Partition(StorageDevice& device, const GUID& type, const GUID& guid, uint64_t start, uint64_t end, uint64_t attr, const char* label, uint32_t index)
 		: m_device(device)
 		, m_type(type)
 		, m_guid(guid)
 		, m_lba_start(start)
 		, m_lba_end(end)
 		, m_attributes(attr)
+		, m_index(index)
+		, m_device_name(BAN::String::formatted("{}{}", m_device.name(), index))
 	{
-		memcpy(m_label, label, sizeof(m_label));	
+		memcpy(m_label, label, sizeof(m_label));
 	}
 
 	BAN::ErrorOr<void> Partition::read_sectors(uint64_t lba, uint8_t sector_count, uint8_t* buffer)
@@ -214,4 +223,22 @@ namespace Kernel
 		return {};
 	}
 
+	blksize_t Partition::blksize() const
+	{
+		return m_device.blksize();
+	}
+
+	dev_t Partition::dev() const
+	{
+		return m_device.dev();
+	}
+
+	BAN::ErrorOr<size_t> Partition::read(size_t offset, void* buffer, size_t bytes)
+	{
+		if (offset % m_device.sector_size() || bytes % m_device.sector_size())
+			return BAN::Error::from_errno(ENOTSUP);
+		TRY(read_sectors(offset / m_device.sector_size(), bytes / m_device.sector_size(), (uint8_t*)buffer));
+		return bytes;
+	}
+
 }
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