Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:53:31 -0500 | From | Arvind Sankar <> | Subject | Re: (un)corrupted ext2 partitions |
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On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 10:25:07AM +0100, Benny Amorsen wrote: > >>>>> "BG" == Brian Gerst <bgerst@quark.vpplus.com> writes: > > BG> Is is time for somebody come up with our own (sub-)partitioning > BG> scheme then? Something that is more robust and more flexible that > BG> DOS's aging and broken scheme. Flexible meaning that it has a much > BG> larger limit on the number of partitions without having to resort > BG> to "extended" partitions (16, 32?), and uses logical sector > BG> numbers instead of whole cylinders (relying on disk geometry is > BG> getting to be a pain in the *ss). > > The linux kernel supports BSD partitions. I think it would be stupid > to invent another scheme. Rather, the linux distributors should > include BSD partition support in their installation programs. I would > love to be able to install linux, complete with separate root, usr, > home, and swap, in just one DOS partition.
well, the BSD disklabel supports only 8 logical partitions. Also the question of whether we should have full compatibility with BSD, where two of those 8 are used up for entries which specify the BSD partition and the whole disk. Don't know if anybody actually depends on those two being there, though.
-- arvind
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