Re: debinst: non-msdos partition table creation support
Goswin Brederlow wrote:
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> Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au> writes:
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> > I understand how msdos partition tables work now, its just a bunch of
> > ugly hacks to make use of legacy structures that are long obsolete.
> >
> > msdos partitions need to be supported for machines that need microsoft
> > compatability (and other OS's ?), but i think that we should provided
> > users the ability to create a non-crap partition table.
>
> You need them to boot.
>
Oh, really... is that a limitation of the bootloader or the kernel, i
just assumed you could boot from any partition table the kernel
supported.
Glenn
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