From: Tom Gall <tom_gall@vnet.ibm.com>
To: yellowdog-devel@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: RFC: Changing default partition type for linux/ppc
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 08:05:32 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3965D59C.BC1BAC93@vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20000707105915.30418@mailhost.mipsys.com
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Hi all !
Greets!
> 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.
Regards,
Tom
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-07-07 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-07-07 10:59 RFC: Changing default partition type for linux/ppc Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2000-07-07 13:05 ` Tom Gall [this message]
2000-07-07 13:28 ` Olaf Hering
2000-07-07 13:33 ` Hollis Blanchard
2000-07-07 15:25 ` Charles Stevenson
2000-07-07 16:14 ` Michael Schmitz
2000-07-07 22:19 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2000-07-07 19:30 ` Nelson Abramson
2000-07-08 5:16 ` Ethan Benson
2000-07-10 14:38 ` Michael Schmitz
2000-07-09 7:37 ` Hollis Blanchard
2000-07-07 14:12 ` Eric Valette
2000-07-07 17:37 ` Mark Hatle
2000-07-07 22:21 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2000-07-09 21:22 ` Tom Vier
2000-07-09 21:33 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2000-07-10 0:33 ` Tom Vier
2000-07-10 1:49 ` Matt Brubeck
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-07-07 11:22 Iain Sandoe
2000-07-07 12:49 ` Hollis Blanchard
2000-07-07 14:13 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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