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SubjectRe: A but that allows you to build a Linux 2.2.1 kernel that will not boot.
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In message <19990207213436.A1933@ox.ac.uk>, Ben Hutchings writes:
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| 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.

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carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH
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