Re: [tsec-gf] Re: needs to support > 512 byte block sizes for s390

2004-05-14 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Frank Kirschner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-14 15:04]: > > Do you mean a logical partition? > > On s390, there are only 4 primary partitons available and no extended. > So a dos-compatible partition-layout will not work on s390. Which partitioner is that? partman or partitioner? Look at http

Re: [tsec-gf] Re: needs to support > 512 byte block sizes for s390

2004-05-14 Thread Frank Kirschner
Hi, Martin Michlmayr: > * Frank Kirschner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-13 14:50]: > > The partitioner wants to partition a extended partition. That is not > > possible on s/390 > > Do you mean a logical partition? the debian installer suggests 2 partitions: part1: / part5: swap (in an extended p

Re: [tsec-gf] Re: needs to support > 512 byte block sizes for s390

2004-05-13 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Frank Kirschner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-13 14:50]: > The partitioner wants to partition a extended partition. That is not > possible on s/390 Do you mean a logical partition? > When I partition it from hand, the partitioner is not able to write the > partitiontable to disk. Do you know wh

Re: [tsec-gf] Re: needs to support > 512 byte block sizes for s390

2004-05-13 Thread Frank Kirschner
Hi, Martin Michlmayr: > * Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-13 14:10]: > > I recevied this patch from Lucius, Leland > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, who says that "the patch certainly needs > > more testing and probably a fix here and there, but it seems to work > > for me. It should support blocks