Opinions about MAXIMUM_PARTS crippling in util-linux-2.11r-miscfixes.patch

Wojtek Pilorz wpilorz at bdk.pl
Mon Sep 8 14:46:01 UTC 2003


On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:

> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:48:17 +0200
> From: Leonard den Ottolander <leonardjo at hetnet.nl>
> Reply-To: rhl-beta-list at redhat.com
> To: rhl-beta-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Opinions about MAXIMUM_PARTS crippling in
>     util-linux-2.11r-miscfixes.patch
> 
> Hello Elliot,
> 
> > I know it's a pain for the three people who have a need for more than 16
> > partitions per disk, but a custom-modified util-linux package is probably
> > the best way in the short-term, and reducing the number of partitions is the
> > best way in the long term. SCSI isn't going to die anytime soon. :)
> 
>  Do I understand correctly that is only a device numbering problem? Maybe 
> something can be done about that ;-) ?
> 
>  And really, on a desktop with multiple OSes reducing the number of 
> partitions is not always an option. Three 40GB disks are just more 
> expensive than a single 120GB. But indeed, patching the patch is easy 
> enough and the build of util-linux takes only a few minutes.
Sure,

but then I cannot install RHL >= 7.3 on a hard disk with more than 16 
partitions using standard install CD, cannot use RedHat rescue CD, and so 
on...

> 
> Bye,
> Leonard.
> 
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