linux-kernel - Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try

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Message-ID: <20071009181537.GE4003@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Date:	Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:15:37 -0400
From:	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
To:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try

On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 03:33:59PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> I'm not sure that configurations requiring more than 15 partitions are 
> properly described as "trivial." Which is not to disagree with your 
> point about required user tools, but most systems needing such tools 
> will be large and complex enough that a userspace solution will be 
> acceptable.

And there is LVM too, which seems better than partitions in many cases.

--
Len Sorensen
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