From: "Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@posting.7eggert.dyndns.org>" <7eggert@gmx.de>
To: Hubert Tonneau <hubert.tonneau@fullpliant.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rc3 fails to read partition table
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:31:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1DPtNH-0002DI-4R@be1.7eggert.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3WVhg-283-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
Hubert Tonneau <hubert.tonneau@fullpliant.org> wrote:
> Hubert Tonneau wrote:
>> 2.6.11 and 2.6.11.7 work fine.
>> 2.6.12-rc1 2.6.12-rc2 and 2.6.12-rc3 fail to read partiton table on my
>> laptop, also 2.6.12-rc3 works fine on another box also running FullPliant.
>
> I tracked down the trouble to the following patch.
> Partitions with type 0 are now ignored, and my hda1 single partition has been
> unwisely set so.
> The question might be: is it a good idea to introduce that extra constrain
> in the middle of a stable serie ?
It is needed to work around other problems. Partition type 0 is usurally
considered to be empty, and some systems depend on that behaviour.
--
"If you see a bomb technician running, follow him."
-U.S.A.F. Ammo Tech Sgt
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2005-04-25 2:31 ` Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@posting.7eggert.dyndns.org> [this message]
2005-04-24 19:15 Hubert Tonneau
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2005-04-24 14:37 Hubert Tonneau
2005-05-05 16:16 ` Andries Brouwer
2005-05-06 2:43 ` Andrew Morton
2005-05-06 11:14 ` Andries Brouwer
2005-05-06 11:47 ` Andrew Morton
2005-05-06 12:29 ` Andries Brouwer
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