Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:48:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:48:14 -0500 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.1]:434 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:48:06 -0500 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:17:06 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Martin Dalecki Cc: Paul Gortmaker , linux-kernel list , tytso@mit.edu Subject: Re: [PATCH] ident of whole-disk ext2 fs Message-ID: <20001219191706.B367@veritas.com> In-Reply-To: <3A3F42FC.4E341732@yahoo.com> <20001219184542.A367@veritas.com> <00121919461703.02742@rosomak.prv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <00121919461703.02742@rosomak.prv>; from dalecki@evision-ventures.com on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 07:46:17PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 07:46:17PM +0100, Martin Dalecki wrote: > Dnia Wto 19. Grudzie? 2000 18:45, Andries Brouwer napisa?: > > But what if you just replace the "unknown partition table" > > by "no recognized 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. That is more confusing. The user tends to believe such messages and will start reformatting / fdisking etc, while in reality the problem may be that she forgot to enable CONFIG_OSF_PARTITION or so. (And there are also partition types, like AIX partition, that the kernel currently has no support for.) Andries - 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/