On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 11:34 +0100, Dirk Raeder wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > you can't mount an extended partition - it's just a container for logical > partitions. The logical partitions are the ones to be mounted.
I know that.. I was expecting the usual "Can't MOunt this"!!! > > I admit, hanging the whole system is rather bad behaviour for the kernel - > otoh: why should anyone mount a partition that does not contain any valid > filesystem? Well, when One _does_ not know if it's an extended partition or otherwise! This is a USB Drive. There's also the problem of when other ppl ask me to plug in their drives. I can't go cat /proc/partitions everything. Bad Form. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 18:49:53 up 1 day, 11:30, 8 users, load average: 1.14, 1.01, 0.95 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
