Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Apr 2003 12:24:46 -0800 | From | jw schultz <> | Subject | Re: Partition check order in fs/partition/check.c? |
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On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 03:14:56PM +0200, Peter Oberparleiter wrote: > Hm, what do you think of these additional checks: > > 1. Check for overlap of partitions
Be very careful here. While you better not _use_ overlapping partitions, a partition table with overlapping partitions is a traditional UNIX default. It is usually something like
part start length a 0 3/8 drive b 3/8 1/8 drive c 0 whole drive d 0 1/3 drive e 1/3 1/3 drive f 2/3 1/3 drive g 1/3 2/3 drive h 1/2 1/2 drive
In this way admins wouldn't repartition, just use the default partitions in suitable combinations. This actually reduced the likelihood of overlapping partitions because the partitioning tools were sometimes confusing causing custom partition to have 1 cylinder overlaps. When drives got to be larger than 2GB these default partition sizes became increasingly pointless.
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