Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:25:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:24:54 -0500 Received: from [195.63.194.11] ([195.63.194.11]:31500 "EHLO mail.stock-world.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:24:44 -0500 From: Martin Dalecki Reply-To: dalecki@evision-ventures.com Organization: EVISION-VENTURES AG To: Andries Brouwer , Paul Gortmaker Subject: Re: [PATCH] ident of whole-disk ext2 fs Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:46:17 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.1.99] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: linux-kernel list , tytso@mit.edu In-Reply-To: <3A3F42FC.4E341732@yahoo.com> <20001219184542.A367@veritas.com> In-Reply-To: <20001219184542.A367@veritas.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00121919461703.02742@rosomak.prv> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dnia Wto 19. Grudzie? 2000 18:45, Andries Brouwer napisa?: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 06:14:04AM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > > I always disliked the unknown partition table messages you get when you > > mke2fs a whole disk and don't bother with a table at all, so I fixed it. > > Output before/after shown below: > > > > Partition check: > > hda: hda1 hda2 > > - hdd: unknown partition table > > + hdd: whole disk EXT2-fs, revision 1.0, 1k blocks, status: clean. > > A nice boot message. > > But what if you just replace the "unknown partition table" What about the more correct. hdd: no partition table There is no presumed "unknown" partition table at all when we can't recognize it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/