On 2004-02-21T11:21:16, christophe varoqui <christophe.varoqui@xxxxxxx> said: > >Are you aiming at replacing the partitioning code in Linux altogether by > >running > >kpartx in the early boot environment, setting up respective mapped devices > >? > > > M Viro told me nearly 2 years back that it was doable but a little > early. In the interim, the two partitioning scheme can co-exist : keep > in-kernel partitions for legacy disks, but use DM/kpartx for any new > type of disk that would otherwise require kernel code to handle parts : > md, loop, ataraid, ... Ohhh, I like that. kpartx! Moving the partition detection to user-space and running it all via the DM! More power to you! ;-) Sincerely, Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@xxxxxxx> -- High Availability & Clustering \ ever tried. ever failed. no matter. SUSE Labs | try again. fail again. fail better. Research & Development, SUSE LINUX AG \ -- Samuel Beckett