Re: Disk partitions on the Alpha

Michael Schwingen (m.schwingen@stochastik.rwth-aachen.de)
Mon, 15 Jan 1996 12:02:23 +0100 (MET)

> You just have to recompile your x86 linux to know about OSF/1
> partitions: define "CONFIG_OSF_PARTITION" in genhd.c..
>
> (yes, it works, I've done this when I needed to fix a filesystem problem
> and had done stupid things to my alpha..)

I did this, too - just a question: why is this code not enabled by default? Can
it do any harm?

Same question goes for other partitioning schemes, like those used by Linux/68k
(OK, I think these are not yet merged into the standard kernel sources).

cu
Michael

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