[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefan Reinauer) writes: > * Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020315 23:35]: > > On block devices if we interoperate with other operating systems > > firmware on the same system we have to work with. > > BSD partition lables (alpha) > > PC partition tables (x86) > > EFI partitions tables (ia64) > > EFI uses x86 partition tables.
Nope. EFI uses a partition table with names and UUID on every partition, and it is replicated on the end of your disk as well. And the first partition must be a FAT one or you can't boot. > BSD partition tables are a bit different > on whatever platform they are created. Right though generally they are close enought to be used. > I really like the Amiga Rigid > Disk Block as well, even though it is a dead standard. It doesnt use a > fixed size for partition information but a linked list, which means you > have abolutely no restrictions except disk size when creating partitions Which is nice. Eric
