Subject: [OT -> der Mouse] FU: RE: GPT support still needed? (was: RE:
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: De Zeurkous <zeurkous@nichten.info>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/06/2007 18:35:52
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On Wed, June 6, 2007 18:05, De Zeurkous wrote:
> Haai,
>
> On Wed, June 6, 2007 17:26, der Mouse wrote:
>>>[snip]
>>
>> I don't know, of course, but I can guess: talking about other
>> partitioning schemes necessary for compatability.
>>
>> Like the MBR partitioning that's necessary for boot disks on i386, like
>> the Sun disklabel that's necessary for boot disks on sparc....
>>
>> Or, for that matter, the disklabels that will be necessary in order to
>> use a disk on both pre- and post-GPT-flag-day kernels.
>
> That's perhaps a more concise explanation... :)
>
>> Or have you
>> decided that backward compatability doesn't matter?
>
> That matches my impression exactly, I'm afraid...
>
> Baai,
>
> De Zeurkous
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