Re: devfs persistence

From: Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Date: Tue May 02 2000 - 16:09:22 EST


Hi,

On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 08:03:02PM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote:
>
> I wouldnt mind if only Linux-type partition tables had room for
> volume labels and the like. People that really want to have both
> DOS type partition tables and disk/partition volume labels and uuids
> might use a Linux-type "index" subpartition of a DOS type partition table.

A logical device superblock in a partition already defines a
subpartition in this way, and is completely portable. I guess I
just don't see the need for yet another mechanism!

--Stephen

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