Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760000AbYBLXel (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:34:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753372AbYBLXeQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:34:16 -0500 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:58995 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752536AbYBLXeN (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:34:13 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:34:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20080212.153445.118944467.davem@davemloft.net> To: jengelh@computergmbh.de Cc: chris.mason@oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, btrfs-devel@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: BTRFS partition usage... From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <200802120908.59602.chris.mason@oracle.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 703 Lines: 20 From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:21:52 +0100 (CET) > For sparc you could have something like > > startlba endlba type > sda1 0 2 1 Boot > sda2 2 58 3 Whole disk > sda3 58 90000 83 Linux > > and slap the bootloader into "MBR", just like on x86. > Or I am missing something.. You cannot specify partitions on LBA boundaries on sparc, the Sun disk label specifies the partition start points in cylinders. -- 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/