Subject: Re: bin/21027: fdisk is missing an option to avoid displaying extended partition data
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/06/2003 21:39:45
On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 08:06:20PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> > > Multiple extended partitions are illegal.
> >
> > You mean, multiple extended partitions in the MBR ?
>
> Yep - not allowed...
>
> > Sure, but it should allow to read them. I'm almost sure I already seen theses
>
> Indeed, but it doesn't need to be the default - especially if they aren't
> present. IIRC my fdisk will display the nested extended partition list
> if given -v (or maybe -vv) or if the extended partition is badly formatted.
Ok, this looks cool
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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