On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 09:52:22PM +0200, Julien BLACHE wrote: > Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > When a gpt partition is bigger than it can be represented in msdos label, > > gptsync will truncate it and just issue a warning. I think truncating a > > partition is _very wrong_ as it typicaly contains a filesystem and > > truncating > > that is likely to result in data corruption! > > Considering that whatever OS you happen to use on the machine should > exclusively trust the GPT and nothing else, I don't agree with you > here.
Then what's the point of gptsync? > > gptsync/gptsync.c: Print(L"Warning: Partition %d extends > > beyond 2 TiB limit\n", i+1); > > > > IMHO it should never do this unless user explicitly requested it, if at all. > > Simply excluding the partition looks like the safest bet. > > However, I think a > 2 TB partition can be ignored as, anyway: Ignoring it sounds fine. Generating a truncated version of it, doesn't. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
