Ian Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > x86 systems allow up to /four/ different fdisk partitions on a disk.
> > /Only one/ of them can be Solaris partition.
> > Now you have confirmed Solaris currently cannot be installed into a
> > DOS Extended Partition.
>
> But as James said, there is a PSARC case for this, so voices haven't
> been ignored.
AFAIK, a solution is still far away.
The idea did come up several years ago.
When I was talking with some Sun people it turned out that they also like to see
a generic layerable partitioning driver. This is something that would take some
time to imlement and to test as it would change a lot in the kernel.
Jörg
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