Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:23:17 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: devfs compatibility |
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Alex Buell writes: > On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > > 0 whole disk > > 1 first PC partition > > 2 second PC partition > > 3 third PC partition > > 4 fourth PC partition > > Richard, how does devfs supports the rather limited and braindead primary > and extended partitions for Intel platforms? If we use extended > partitions, then we can have unlimited number of partitions (I think), but > on the other hand if we use all four primary partitions, we're stuck with > that. The answer is to only use primaries for systems that needs it (i.e > MSDOG/WinDOG95 et. al), and use extended for Linux.
I don't do anything particular for extended partitions. I use the existing numbering scheme in Linux. I don't see this as a devfs issue.
Regards,
Richard....
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