Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Mar 2005 07:53:36 +0100 | From | Rogier Wolff <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] partitions/msdos.c |
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 12:40:53AM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote: > (Concerning the "size" version: it occurred to me that there is one > very minor objection: For extended partitions so far the size did > not normally play a role. Only the starting sector was significant. > If, at some moment we decide also to check the size, then a weaker > check, namely only checking for non-extended partitions, might be > better at first.)
I recently encountered a disk that had clipping enabled. If you go for the size implementation be careful that people can still run a program to unclip the disk after the disk has been detected and the partition rejected....
Roger.
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