Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:00:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/37063: [PATCH] kernel does not support extended linux partitions Message-ID: <200204160100.g3G105I10477@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/37063; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Aggelos Oikonomopoulos <lydwigvernon@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/37063: [PATCH] kernel does not support extended linux partitions Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 11:00:21 +1000 (EST) On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Aggelos Oikonomopoulos wrote: > >Description: > The kernel does not handle partitions of type 0x85 (extended linux). > An extended linux partition is the same as an extended DOS partition, except for the entry in the partition table. PRs 19756 and 27269 are also about this. I don't agree with changing the current behaviour. Using extended Linux partitions mainly breaks inter-operability with other OS's, including previous versions of FreeBSD. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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