I'm a newbie to the list (not unix, though :-), but anyhow... Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > > Another argument is that nobody knows whether there is > > a partition table. (ZIP: "large floppy" vs "removable disk") > > Another argument is that tricky things happen with disk managers. > > And none of these work any better in user space. > > Well, in fact they do. > > The user knows whether she treats her ZIP like a removable disk > or like a big floppy, that is, whether she should ask or refrain > from asking to read the pt. "The User Knows"? My experience with the vast bulk of users is that the only thing you can count on is that they _don't_ know. Much of anything at all, in fact. Depending on an luser to know how her zip disk is configured is _much_ less reliable than some minor kernel heuristic (translate: guesswork). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
