Subject: Re: Increasing maximum partition to 16
To: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/28/2000 21:07:23
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 11:26:42AM -0800, Chuck Silvers wrote:
> ok, you got me, it's only a problem in principle.  but I still think
> we should work on a real solution rather than make do with workarounds.

We all agree that this is not a real solution. But nobody is working on a
real solution, and with the drives we can get now, 4 usable partitions
is just too low. We need a workaround *now* and this patch is quick
and easy.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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