Re: [PATCH] genhd.c, kernel 2.2.1

Rene Herman (rene@rene.demon.nl)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 05:46:42 +0100


Hi guest section :-)

[ logging in MINIX subpartitions after regular logical partitions ]

>Some do it right, some do it wrong.

Not so much a matter of wright or wrong, as far as I'm concerned. There
could be some arguments for logging in (if that's the proper terminology)
logical partitions before all others, but there most certainly can also be a
few for logging them all in in the same order as found on disk.

>Everybody who does it wrong is hated by all users
>[who find that all partitions get different names
>when they boot a different kernel].

IMHO it would be more confusing to have different rules for different types
of partitions.

>Why not do it right?

I believe the current method, logging them in the same order as they appear
in the on disk partition tables is the most logical thing to do. I wouldn't
mind seeing an exception to this rule in which logical partitions are logged
in first, but having a hybrid scheme, where one type of partition comes
before and the other after the logical ones seems, well, illogical...

Regards, Rene

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