Re: disk vs partition numbering

[adrian15 <adrian15@raulete.net>]

> On Wednesday 13 December 2006 09:59, adrian15 wrote:
>> > For them their first hard disk (Who is going to have a zero-hard disk in
>> > the real world. It has no sense) is C:, but you could name it 1.
>> > And when they partition their hard disk they suppose that the first cut
>> > it is the 1 not the 0.
> 
> And you could name it 0.

This is in computing world... but if you go to a building you go to the 
ground floor or to the 1st floor but you not do go to the 0th floor!


> 
>> > About your arguments... mine are: Grub2 users are not unix OS or its
>> > sysadmins but Windows ones. Grub2 should address to this kind of users
>> > in my opinnion.
> 
> Hmm... I don't agree that most users are Windows users. AFAIK, most Windows 
> users stick to the default selector (ntldr), and does not try to see how GRUB 
> works at all.

When I talked about Windows users I was talking about Windows users that 
do not stick the Windows but the ones that migrates, and thus dual boot 
with Gnu/Linux.

> 
> But you are comparing apples with oranges here. What Windows does is to count 
> only partitions for hard disks and count only disk for floppy disks and 
> CD/DVD drives. C: is not a disk. It is a partition that Windows can recognize 
> as a primary partition. D: is a second partition, regardless of whether it is 
> in the same disk as C: or in next disk, or in next next disk. So you cannot 
> compare GRUB's scheme with Windows' simply.

Yes. You're right. So.. please compare the building floors scheme (what 
everyone understands) with hard disks and partitions.

> 
> Personally, I think it is really unfortunate that the way of Windows is of no 
> use. Really no use. If Windows were not that crap, everybody else could 
> follow the same way, and everybody would be quite happy.

I am of the same opinnion. :)
I suppose the MS-DOS original developer (that one that Bill bought the 
OS with little money) thought that letters were less scary for 
identifying devices.

> 
> Okuji

adrian15