Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: A but that allows you to build a Linux 2.2.1 kernel that will not boot. | Date | Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:18:22 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <19990207213436.A1933@ox.ac.uk>, Ben Hutchings writes: +----- | Two words: partition names. Amiga's RDB has them, along with other | things that make partitioning infinitely easier on Amigas than on PCs. | It's surprising to me that they apparently haven't been implemented | elsewhere. Obviously partition names can clash, but in that case you +--->8
ZCPR (TOPS-20-ish overlay for CP/M) implemented volume names. The latest OS/2 server is also supposed to be moving to volume names, with drive letters assignable for backward compatibility.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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