From: Stefan Ondrejicka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New commands to allow booting obscure OS's from logical disks in extended
partiton
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:49:54 +0200 (MET DST)
> I don't said it is bad idea, but have also its pros/cons as have my
> solution. With my solution is good, that the partion is always allocated
> and accessible. Bad on my solution is that your partions overlap.
> With your solutions is good that rules are not broken. The bad is that the
> partion when is not mapped in partiton table is unaccessible, and all
> partioning programs handles it as unalloccated space.
Yes, exactly. My idea is also bad, because of the very reason that
you pointed out. But if there is no other solution that doesn't
violate any rule, it is still the best, isn't it?
> Looks quite good. If nothing from this is implemented, I can try to
> implement it when I will find some spare time.
I'm looking forward to your contribution. :)
> Btw. The command "parttype" is implemented in grub yet ? If I remember
> well, I don't saw its definicion in builtin.c. If it is, I am duno, that I
> spent time writing my own "partid" with same functionality.
It doesn't exist. So I said that was a "virtual" example.
BTW, you don't have to implement your own functions for
interpretation of the device syntax or conversion from a string to an
integer, since there are already set_device and safe_parse_maxint.
Okuji
