From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Mg57D-0005Td-AK for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:07:47 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mg57B-0005TG-JV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:07:45 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mg577-0005Qq-9K for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:07:45 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41568 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mg576-0005Qa-LD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:07:40 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:57038 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mg575-0002bO-Sh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:07:40 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mg573-0000Y7-S7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:07:38 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mg573-0006OC-00 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:07:37 +0200 Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:07:36 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090825230736.GA24477@thorin> References: <20090802222505.GI15139@thorin> <20090804201512.GA15811@thorin> <20090817140657.GP32551@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] nested partitions X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:07:46 -0000 On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:14:45PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Robert's request I write about the usage cases I'm aware. It's by > no means complete > > 1) bsdlabel on PC-style. By most *BSD flavours > 2) sunpc on PC-style. By Solaris > 3) Some kind on PC-style on PC-style by Minix. (not sure about this > one -it was a long time ago) > I vaguely heard of (I may be completely wrong): > 4) amiga on PC-style by AROS > 5) sun on apple. Polaris (?) Can someone confirm the third one? It's the only one that breaks the "contained label inside container label" pattern. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."