Re: [woody,debinst] (Was: Re: [dbootstrap] `newt' and `boxes.c', `bogl' and `bowl'[, `???' and `boxeX.c'?])
Wookey wrote:
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> On Sat 17 Jun, bug1 wrote:
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> > I think Ben meant msdos partition *tables*, ie parted doesnt support
> > partitioning schemes that arent native to i386 architecture.
>
> > This got me wondering , exactly what other types of partition tables
> > would need to be supported by parted ?
>
> I know that for ARM (especially RISCOS machines) there is am
> embarassingly long list of partitioning schemes used (because the
> original machines didn't have a useful one). There are about 7 of them.
> about 70% of these are supported in a library used by the RISCOS !Partman
> partitioning tool and the loadmap boot mapper, but this stuff hasn't been
> merged into normal fdisk yet. I intend to do this RSN so that
> boot-floppies can work on these machines. Other arm desktop architectures
> (e.g Netwinder) use PC_BIOS partitioning. non-desktop ARM devices usually
> just have a CF disk - no idea if partitioning is supported for them...
>
> Wookey
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The Macintosh and Sparc also have partitioning schemes that differ from
the x86 arch. I am sure there are others.
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