From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Gtiky-0005vY-P4 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:51:36 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gtikv-0005ub-Tk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:51:33 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gtikt-0005se-EZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:51:32 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gtiks-0005sF-5a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:51:30 -0500 Received: from [213.165.64.20] (helo=mail.gmx.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gtikr-00085D-FX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:51:29 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 11 Dec 2006 10:51:26 -0000 Received: from dslb-084-060-040-227.pools.arcor-ip.net (EHLO [192.168.128.11]) [84.60.40.227] by mail.gmx.net (mp022) with SMTP; 11 Dec 2006 11:51:26 +0100 X-Authenticated: #733973 Message-ID: <457D3832.4070607@gmx.de> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:51:30 +0100 From: "Jan C. Kleinsorge" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20061204144520.GL3690@schottelius.org> <200612052046.53034.okuji@enbug.org> <200612110847.23864.subdino2004@yahoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <200612110847.23864.subdino2004@yahoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: GRUB2 - testing report, hppa support? 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: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:51:34 -0000 Vincent Pelletier wrote: > Le mardi 05 décembre 2006 20:46, Yoshinori K. Okuji a écrit : > >>> Oh, btw, it's HIGHLY confusing that disks start at 0, partitions at >>> 1. Could you please fix it and make it consequently? either hd1,1 >>> or hd0,0, but not hd0,1 or hd1,0. >>> >> No. It is consistent with most operating systems, so less confusing to the >> user. GRUB Legacy used 0-based counting for partitions, and I have received >> an uncountable number of complaints. Thus it is really a bad idea to make >> GRUB inconsistent against other systems. >> > > But by changing the numbering, we void both the learning effort of the > people "who knows" and the answering effort they spent with people "who don't > know". At least, that's my position regarding to the change. > > By changing it we might both face the complaints of the people - like me :) - > who think the two numberings are inconsistent and the people who would have > anyway complained about starting from 0, because disks are still numbered > >from 0... We may also face complaints from the people who already complained > about starting from 0 - and eventually accepted it - and who will have to > learn again now... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > An escape from this 'felt' inconsistency could be to index the drives with alphabetic characters instead. -Jan