Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 May 2006 11:10:56 +0200 | From | Olaf Hering <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ignore partition table on disks with AIX label |
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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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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