On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 11:15:49AM +0100, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> The only advantage you'd get by adding extra linux-only partitioning
> would be to let you subdivide the DOS-type partitions even further
No. A DOS type partition table tells you where the partitions are
and has a partition type but no room for UUIDs, volume labels
and the like.
A Linux type partition table tells you where the partitions are
and has room for meta information on the disk and the partitions.
Thus, you can identify the disk, or a partition on the disk,
by contents rather than hardware access path.
Some people like that, they can have it.
Andries
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