Re: (un)corrupted ext2 partitions
Arvind Sankar (arvinds@mit.edu)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:53:31 -0500
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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