Re: ext2 feature request

[Guest section DW]

On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 11:02:10PM +1000, Andrew Clausen wrote:

> I know this is messy, but: it's probably possible to fake it at
> the partition table end.  I.e., have some magic partition type
> that has some header, saying where the "real" start of the partition
> is, etc.
> 
> Argghh.  Forget it.

This type already exists - it is called extended partition.
For each logical partition you can choose the offset yourself.
(And never mind cylinder boundaries - geometry is out.)