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Re: [opensuse] opensuse-10,3beta2 on on64bit: IDE disk gets recognised as /dev/sda
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:18:36 +0200
- Message-id: <m3hcmpcbpv.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
"Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The Friday 2007-08-24 at 14:41 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>
>> > Is there any hope of increasing the 16 partition limit some time in the
>> > future?
>>
>> No - but we added a workaround for this. If you have more than 16
>> partitions, just give it a try!
>>
>> > Alternatively, will the ata support remain for ever, with maintenance?
>>
>> I guess for 10.4, we will remove it.
>>
>> > I have disks with 20 partitions. I suspect I'm not the only one using more
>> > than 16 partitions.
>>
>> So, please test whether it our workaround makes you happy ;-)
>
> I'll try it, but unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to till mid
> September, at least. Holiday season means intermittent PC access for me.
>
> Question: Can 10.2 coexist in the same PC with 10.3 beta? Regarding this
> problem, I mean.
It should - Hannes, can you comment?
Andreas
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Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform/openSUSE, aj@xxxxxxx
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
> The Friday 2007-08-24 at 14:41 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>
>> > Is there any hope of increasing the 16 partition limit some time in the
>> > future?
>>
>> No - but we added a workaround for this. If you have more than 16
>> partitions, just give it a try!
>>
>> > Alternatively, will the ata support remain for ever, with maintenance?
>>
>> I guess for 10.4, we will remove it.
>>
>> > I have disks with 20 partitions. I suspect I'm not the only one using more
>> > than 16 partitions.
>>
>> So, please test whether it our workaround makes you happy ;-)
>
> I'll try it, but unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to till mid
> September, at least. Holiday season means intermittent PC access for me.
>
> Question: Can 10.2 coexist in the same PC with 10.3 beta? Regarding this
> problem, I mean.
It should - Hannes, can you comment?
Andreas
--
Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform/openSUSE, aj@xxxxxxx
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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