On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:34:26 +0100 Dirk Raeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ... > you can't mount an extended partition - it's just a container for > logical partitions. The logical partitions are the ones to be mounted. Well he didn't, Gnome did. > > 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? Exactly this point has been discussed on LKML recently. Since auto-mounting and probing become more common, the kernel needs to become more robust. So, if the kernel is to blame here, he should investigate and report the bug. Regards -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
