Re: Default disk partition table type?

[Falk Hueffner <falk.hueffner@student.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> writes:

> OK.  Is this a good approximation?
> 
>   /* Need to define on a per arch basis */
>   #if defined(__i386__)
>   #  define DISK_LABEL "msdos"
>   #elif defined(ia64)
>   #  define DISK_LABEL "msdos"
>   #elif defined(hppa)
>   #  define DISK_LABEL "msdos"
>   #elif defined(__mips__) && defined(__MIPSEL__)
>   #  define DISK_LABEL "msdos"
>   #elif defined(__mips__) && defined(__MIPSEB__)
>   /* Only supported in libparted 1.6.3? */
>   #  define DISK_LABEL "mips" /* SGI disklabel */
>   #else /* not __i386__ */
>   #  error "Default DISK_LABEL is not known or not supported on this platform"
>   #endif /* not __i386__ */

Alpha needs MSDOS or OSF disklables, depening on the firmware used. So
there needs to be a runtime decision.

-- 
	Falk