Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262530AbVDYE3H (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:29:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262531AbVDYE3G (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:29:06 -0400 Received: from mail-in-06.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.46]:52699 "EHLO mail-in-06.arcor-online.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262530AbVDYE3D (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:29:03 -0400 From: "Bodo Eggert " <7eggert@gmx.de> Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rc3 fails to read partition table To: Hubert Tonneau , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: 7eggert@gmx.de Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:31:02 +0200 References: <3WVhg-283-17@gated-at.bofh.it> User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 999 Lines: 19 Hubert Tonneau wrote: > Hubert Tonneau wrote: >> 2.6.11 and 2.6.11.7 work fine. >> 2.6.12-rc1 2.6.12-rc2 and 2.6.12-rc3 fail to read partiton table on my >> laptop, also 2.6.12-rc3 works fine on another box also running FullPliant. > > I tracked down the trouble to the following patch. > Partitions with type 0 are now ignored, and my hda1 single partition has been > unwisely set so. > The question might be: is it a good idea to introduce that extra constrain > in the middle of a stable serie ? It is needed to work around other problems. Partition type 0 is usurally considered to be empty, and some systems depend on that behaviour. -- "If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." -U.S.A.F. Ammo Tech Sgt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/