From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Apr 15 18:50: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58E9037B400 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g3G1o2n21365; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:50:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200204160150.g3G1o2n21365@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: =?iso-8859-7?b?tuPj5evv8iDP6erv7e/s/PDv9evv8g==?= Subject: Re: kern/37063: [PATCH] kernel does not support extended linux partitions Reply-To: =?iso-8859-7?b?tuPj5evv8iDP6erv7e/s/PDv9evv8g==?= Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR kern/37063; it has been noted by GNATS. From: =?iso-8859-7?b?tuPj5evv8iDP6erv7e/s/PDv9evv8g==?= To: Bruce Evans Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/37063: [PATCH] kernel does not support extended linux partitions Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 04:40:48 +0300 On Tuesday 16 April 2002 04:00, Bruce Evans wrote: > 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. Ooops > > 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. But I'm not suggesting people to use 0x85 partitions. I' m merely suggesting that the kernel should provide for people who, for whatever reason (inertia?), are stuck with them. Some people call _this_ interoperability. BTW, to my knowledge, extended linux partitions were used (in place of 0x05) to prevent certain versions of dos fdisk from crashing when it tries to follow beyond cyl 1024, that is, to preserve compatibility. (so for some people, using 0x85 could be a neccessity) > > Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message