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Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes
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B.Hakvoort |
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Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes |
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Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:13:09 +0100 (CET) |
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Ok, as stated in the bug Gareth filed i'll add an option to override this
behaviour to the 'new partition dialog'.
Everybody thanks for the input ;)
Bart
> I would be inclined to agree absolutely.
>
> On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 01:51 +1100, Andrew Clausen wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 02:43:36PM +0100, B.Hakvoort wrote:
>> > PS. Andrew, could you please elaborate a bit about why a partition
>> should
>> > be rounded to cylinderboundaries? I've always been told this is a good
>> > thing, but i don't know exactly why ;) thanks!
>>
>> There's a few reasons why cylinder alignment is good:
>> (1) Old versions of MSDOS require it.
>> (2) It means it's less likely for a partition program to get CHS
>> stuff wrong.
>> (3) Partition Magic and Norton Ghost seem to require it.
>>
>> (Did I miss anything?)
>>
>> These aren't very compelling reasons, IMHO, and it would be reasonable
>> to permit users to override cylinder alignment.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andrew
>>
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- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, (continued)
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, B.Hakvoort, 2005/03/04
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, Gareth Bult, 2005/03/04
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, B.Hakvoort, 2005/03/04
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, Gareth Bult, 2005/03/04
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, Andrew Clausen, 2005/03/04
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, Gareth Bult, 2005/03/05
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, B.Hakvoort, 2005/03/07
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, Gareth Bult, 2005/03/07
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, Andrew Clausen, 2005/03/08
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, Gareth Bult, 2005/03/08
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes,
B.Hakvoort <=
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, Gareth Bult, 2005/03/09
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, K.G., 2005/03/04
- Re: Problem with minimum partition sizes, Gareth Bult, 2005/03/04