Re: debinst: non-msdos partition table creation support

2000-11-08 Thread Wookey
On Wed 01 Nov, Glenn McGrath wrote: > I understand how msdos partition tables work now, its just a bunch of > ugly hacks to make use of legacy structures that are long obsolete. > > msdos partitions need to be supported for machines that need microsoft > compatability (and other OS's ?), but i th

Re: debinst: non-msdos partition table creation support

2000-11-07 Thread Timshel Knoll
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 05:53:13PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > In Sun, 05 Nov 2000 23:14:16 +1100 Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum >veritate scripsit : > > > > > I understand how msdos partition tables work now, its just a bunch of > > > > ugly hacks to make use of legacy structures that

Re: debinst: non-msdos partition table creation support

2000-11-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > On a PC, BIOS needs to be able to read it first, before anything else. > > > > regards, > > junichi > > > > Are you sure ? > > I can understand that this would be the case for OS's that use the boot > indicator flag

Re: debinst: non-msdos partition table creation support

2000-11-07 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Is this i386 specific topic ? In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Tue, 07 Nov 2000 10:19:17 +1100, on Re: debinst: non-msdos partition table creation support, Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > > > Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PRO

Re: debinst: non-msdos partition table creation support

2000-11-06 Thread Glenn McGrath
Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > In Sun, 05 Nov 2000 23:14:16 +1100 Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum >veritate scripsit : > > > > > I understand how msdos partition tables work now, its just a bunch of > > > > ugly hacks to make use of legacy structures that are long obsolete. > > > > > > > > msd

Re: debinst: non-msdos partition table creation support

2000-11-06 Thread Junichi Uekawa
In Sun, 05 Nov 2000 23:14:16 +1100 Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit : > > > I understand how msdos partition tables work now, its just a bunch of > > > ugly hacks to make use of legacy structures that are long obsolete. > > > > > > msdos partitions need to be supported for

Re: debinst: non-msdos partition table creation support

2000-11-05 Thread Glenn McGrath
Goswin Brederlow wrote: > > Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I understand how msdos partition tables work now, its just a bunch of > > ugly hacks to make use of legacy structures that are long obsolete. > > > > msdos partitions need to be supported for machines that need microsoft

Re: debinst: non-msdos partition table creation support

2000-11-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I understand how msdos partition tables work now, its just a bunch of > ugly hacks to make use of legacy structures that are long obsolete. > > msdos partitions need to be supported for machines that need microsoft > compatability (and other OS's ?), b