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DateWed, 17 May 2006 11:10:56 +0200
FromOlaf Hering <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] ignore partition table on disks with AIX label
 On Wed, May 17, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:

> One has to wonder if it might not be better to treat this case as
> "one partition covering the entire disk", or even better, decode the AIX LVM
> info and see if there's any LVM segments present on the disk, so as to limit
> the chances of accidentally splatting live data.

The check can go once someone has implemented proper support to read the
drives. Up to now the bogus partitions cause only confusion and practical
doesnt help anyone. So let it go.
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