Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:08:28 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [util-linux] Re: magic device renumbering was -- Re: Linux 2.4.2ac20 |
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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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