From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Charles Stevenson Reply-To: csteven@terraplex.com To: yellowdog-devel@lists.yellowdoglinux.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: RFC: Changing default partition type for linux/ppc Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 09:25:50 -0600 Content-Type: text/plain References: <20000707105915.30418@mailhost.mipsys.com> <3965D59C.BC1BAC93@vnet.ibm.com> <3965DC16.7CB143B3@amulet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <3965DC16.7CB143B3@amulet.co.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00070709294600.00629@coruscant.terraplex.com> Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: I think it's a great idea. I don't use MacOS so I don't share the concern of how MacOS X could affect the partitions. Equally, I trust if Apple is properly advised of such a change they would take measures to ensure compatibility. Linux sells Apple hardware too. ;-) Best Regards, Charles Stevenson On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > Tom Gall wrote: > > > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > > > > So I suggest moving to Linux_ext2, Linux_swap, or maybe simply Linux and > > > Linux_swap (since ext2 is not the only filesystem Linux may put on > > > these). Using a different type for swap would help avoiding confusion. > > > > I agree. I think this is a good step. However there's the obvious interoperability > > problems with MacOS, OS X etc... Hopefully Apple's OSes wouldn't do anything evil > > to the partition they don't recognize. > > Well, they don't at this point. For example in partitioning tool in > LinuxPPC 2000, LinuxPPC Inc decided it would be better to use the type > "Linux_PPC". This works (in that nothing gets overwritten, corrupted, > etc) but has the disadvantage that no other software knows anything > about that type. > > If you were writing software it would be pretty poor form to find data > you didn't understand and decide to "fix" it. I know there are programs > like that out there (if you look at > http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.html it seems > there is a rich history of them), but Apple seems to be doing well in > that regard so far... > > Of course, everything may change with OS X but I would hope they don't > get malicious all of a sudden. > > -Hollis -- Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/ Yellow Dog Linux "The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server" http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ Black Lab Linux Advanced Workstations, Parallel, and Embedded Solutions http://www.blacklablinux.com/ ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/