Hi, On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Petr Stehlik wrote:
> Why does something under Linux need to know about the simulated PTBL? That's > what I am missing. The host partitions (or partition image files) will appear > as /dev/sd[a-g]1 under Linux-m68k automagically. Linux-m68k recognizes the > simulated PTBL so everything will work out-of-the-box, transparently, > automagically... Damn, I somehow missed the connection to the Atari partition table support... > > Please tell me just a single clear advantage I would have that this _adds_ > > to Linux? > > as said above, the disk space is a partition for both the host and the system > running inside of ARAnyM. This is 1:1 mapping, it just makes sense and allows > formatting and mounting the disk space from both host and guest equally. > Adding an extra layer of partitions inside of ARAnyM would break the > possibility of easy mounting of the disk image from the host. No, it wouldn't. You can easily mount filesystem images as complete block devices under Linux/Aranym, there is no need for a synthetic partition table. Forcing it OTOH means it prevents me from creating my own partitions. > So to answer your question, the simulated MBR and PTBL clearly adds the > possibility of simple and easy mounting of the partition from host which is > ideal for copying files between host and guest, for example. My main point is still valid, it adds no value to Linux, that possibility was there already before. bye, Roman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
