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Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions
From: |
Olaf Hering |
Subject: |
Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions |
Date: |
Tue, 5 Dec 2000 18:59:14 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.2.5i |
On Sat, Nov 04, Andrew Clausen wrote:
> Olaf Hering wrote:
> > You don't have to create these partition types, but you should display
> > them. Maybe one wants to create 2 partitions of one existing partition.
>
> It's not that simple. If it's really a free partition, then you are
> allowed to make other partitions on top of it. If it's a used partition
> (with data) then you can't.
There is no easy way to see if it a valid partition, you could mount it
or check for swap space, but ...
I would display them as free partitions.
> > I did not try what parted would do in this case, but I guess such
> > partitions would disapear on write.
>
> Not quite. Parted creates free-space partitions for all free space,
> as well (Mac partition tools expect free-space partitions). However,
> Parted will mangle them lots!
ok.
> > > > Please don't ignore these partitions when the name is not "Extra".
> > >
> > > Ethan/anyone: is this reasonable? Are there any other names we should
> > > check for?
> >
> > I noticed only "Extra" as name for the last partition
> > .
>
> Yeah, but that doesn't rule out other programs...
No idea about third party tools like FWB. We should ask these guys
directly or the people at LinuxPPC Inc., they bundle a FWB tool with
their distro.
Gruss Olaf
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- 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Olaf Hering, 2000/12/02
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Andrew Clausen, 2000/12/05
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Olaf Hering, 2000/12/05
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Andrew Clausen, 2000/12/05
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Olaf Hering, 2000/12/05
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Andrew Clausen, 2000/12/05
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions,
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- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Andrew Clausen, 2000/12/05
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- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Andrew Clausen, 2000/12/06
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Ethan Benson, 2000/12/06
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Andrew Clausen, 2000/12/06
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Ethan Benson, 2000/12/07
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Andrew Clausen, 2000/12/07
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Ethan Benson, 2000/12/07
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Ethan Benson, 2000/12/05
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Ethan Benson, 2000/12/05
- Re: 1.4.4 doesnt recognize all pdisk partitions, Ethan Benson, 2000/12/05