Subject: Re: partition types...
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: None <seebs@plethora.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/06/1999 23:59:20
In message <19990206235546.A6509@marvin.ece.utexas.edu>, "Brian C. Grayson" wri
tes:
>  Personally, I really like the NetBSD disklabel "if you know
>which sector on the _disk_ (not just partition) to use, I'll
>blindly use it" method.  It's been quite handy.

It's nice to have; perhaps that usage could be preserved for 'sd0x' devices,
and then 'sd0sXy' devices could use the "other" syntax; this would give
you the chance to use *lots* of partitions.

-s