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    SubjectRe: [util-linux] Re: magic device renumbering was -- Re: Linux 2.4.2ac20


    On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:

    > Design a Linux partition table format, where a partition descriptor
    > has fields start, end, fstype, fslabel, and the whole disk has a vollabel.
    > Put it in sector 0-N for an all-Linux disk, and in sectors pointed at
    > by a classical DOS-type partition table entry when the disk is shared.

    Yes, but for $DEITY sake, let's make it text. Something along the lines of
    Linux partition table\n(START,LENGTH,TYPE(,LABEL)?n)*End\0
    START: NUMBER
    LENGTH: NUMBER
    TYPE: [^,\n\0]+
    LABEL: [^\n\0]+
    NUMBER: <see strtoul(3)>

    Will make life much simpler when one needs to recover the bloody thing...

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