Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rene Herman" <> | Subject | Re: Parition Slices ( waqs Re: OFFTOPIC: New MBR and partitioning standard? ) | Date | Sun, 7 Mar 1999 00:44:44 +0100 |
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Dave, Adam ...
> now if we change 2nd partition to dos-extended parition, > > then they would become: > > hda2a,hda2b,hda2c,hda2d
I agree this would be a nice naming scheme; it might however get a bit messy when these subpartitions/slices can themselves be subpartioned. hda2a4b5c? :-) Probably not much of an argument against tho...
As for the other problem you mentioned, partition renaming between kernel versions, after having been made aware of the problem through comments on an MINIX subpartition support patch I posted a few weeks ago, I posted another patch that tried to minimize this by dealing with partitions types in a strict order. Didn't receive any further comments on it though. :-(
I saw you received a reply referring you to Richard Gooch's devfs, which I am yet unfamiliar with, but unless I'm mistaken that referral only applies to the naming scheme, and not to the original topic of adopting a completely new partitioning scheme. Geting Linux partitions out of the (braindead, AFAIC) DOS style primary and extended partitions seems to have more merits.
Taking up one (or more) DOS style primary partitions, and slicing it up through something modelled after, for example, BSD disklabels, would IMHO be a nice approach.
By the way, I am completely ignorant of any platform besides the x86, but devhd.c seems to imply that DOS style partitions are also supported on the other platforms? Does Linux on these platforms actually live in these partitions, or do they allready use something a little more sane?
Kind regards, Rene Herman
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