Re: [util-linux] cfdisk bug?

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:22:25 +0000

On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 02:33:21PM +0100, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> And maybe someone who knows about Acorns can add a test
> to make it less likely that an Acorn is recognized by accident.

Unfortunately, the checksum is all there is to positively identify
this partitioning scheme. Yes, it's crap, but that's what happens
when there's a lack of direction from the top and people go off and
do their own partitioning schemes.

-- 
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


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