From: Norbert Nemec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: grub: mounting ext2fs on GNU/Hurd partitions. Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 20:48:19 +0000
> Stupid idea: why not invent some cryptic name for that "not yet existing" > file system type? That's a nice idea. However, one problem is that there is no central information or standard about partition types. Surprisingly, even the structure of the partition table is not well-defined. The de facto standard is determined just according to the ancient operating system DOS and some existing FDISK programs. Thus, it is not easy to reserve a partition type for a non-existing filesystem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OKUJI Yoshinori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ^o-o^ http://duff.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~okuji (in English) m /
