Re: Why aren't partitions limited to fit within the device?

From: Chris Wedgwood
Date: Tue Oct 17 2006 - 02:05:57 EST


On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:54:32AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> Incidentally the question of exactly what libata should do about HPA
> handling also needs sorting out.

HPA isn't even uncommon, lots of laptops use it for recovery purposes
it seems.
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