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Diffstat (limited to 'fdisk/fdisksunlabel.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fdisk/fdisksunlabel.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fdisk/fdisksunlabel.c b/fdisk/fdisksunlabel.c index 2a36852a5..ff54ed5b5 100644 --- a/fdisk/fdisksunlabel.c +++ b/fdisk/fdisksunlabel.c @@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ struct systypes sun_sys_types[] = { {LINUX_SWAP, N_("Linux swap")}, {LINUX_NATIVE, N_("Linux native")}, {0x8e, N_("Linux LVM")}, + {0xfd, N_("Linux raid autodetect")},/* New (2.2.x) raid partition + with autodetect using + persistent superblock */ { 0, NULL } }; @@ -531,6 +534,22 @@ add_sun_partition(int n, int sys) { printf ("\ It is highly recommended that the third partition covers the whole disk\n\ and is of type `Whole disk'\n"); + /* ewt asks to add: "don't start a partition at cyl 0" + However, edmundo@rano.demon.co.uk writes: + "In addition to having a Sun partition table, to be able to + boot from the disc, the first partition, /dev/sdX1, must + start at cylinder 0. This means that /dev/sdX1 contains + the partition table and the boot block, as these are the + first two sectors of the disc. Therefore you must be + careful what you use /dev/sdX1 for. In particular, you must + not use a partition starting at cylinder 0 for Linux swap, + as that would overwrite the partition table and the boot + block. You may, however, use such a partition for a UFS + or EXT2 file system, as these file systems leave the first + 1024 bytes undisturbed. */ + /* On the other hand, one should not use partitions + starting at block 0 in an md, or the label will + be trashed. */ for (i = 0; i < partitions; i++) if (lens[i] && starts[i] <= first && starts[i] + lens[i] > first) |