Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:43:26 +0200 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: 2.5 'what to expect' |
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On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 04:55:39PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > > - IDE disk geometry translators like OnTrack, EZ Partition, Disk Manager > > > are no longer supported. The only way forward is to remove the translator > > > from the drive, and start over. > > > > Or to use device mapper to remap the disk. > > "hdx=remap" and "hdx=remap63" boot options can be used. > Or can I remove them?
No. Distributions will I suppose use the device mapper, and individuals will add a boot parameter. That is easiest. It is bad enough that people will have to figure this out, but there is no reason to make people's life more miserable.
Andries
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