On 05/03/2013 09:21 PM, Dominik Taborsky wrote: > On Fri, 03 May 2013 19:34:17 +0200, Martin Sucha <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On 05/03/2013 06:57 PM, Dominik Taborsky wrote: >>> On Fri, 03 May 2013 17:57:21 +0200, Martin Sucha <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Dominik, >>>> >>>> On 05/03/2013 05:19 PM, Dominik Taborsky wrote: >>>>> I think you may have misunderstood the point of this library. This >>>>> library is aimed at HelenOS, not to replace standard tools. It is for >>>>> the case when you have blank harddrive so that you can format it and >>>>> install HelenOS. It's not designed to fit all needs. If it is really >>>>> necessary (for inter-OS compatibility), you can use better tool >>>>> instead, >>>>> since you are going to be using a different OS anyway. >>>> I tend to disagree, I'd like to be able to install HelenOS alongside >>>> another operating system (or two) from within HelenOS, even on a >>>> notebook computer with recovery partitions and such things. I think the >>>> ultimate goal is for HelenOS to *be* the standard OS you use to run >>>> programs on your computer ;) >>>> >>>> I already have triple-boot setup on my laptop (Windows/Linux/HelenOS), >>>> why should I have to purchase a separate hard-disk just to use the >>>> installer on real hardware? >>> >>> What I meant was that when you do this kind of setup, you partition the >>> drive from Linux anyway. I also have dual, triple or multiple boot >>> setups. When you get your hardware with preinstalled Windows, you have >>> to run Linux so that you can run ntfs-resize, for example. When you >>> don't plan on using Windows but only sensible OSs like Linux, then you >>> either partition the drive from Linux so that you can use LVM and other >>> advanced stuff, or you are just fine with LBA-only MBR from HelenOS. >> >> OK, so if I add say working ext4fsresize (or ntfsresize) to HelenOS, >> would the installation work on my computer without using Linux? >> (It wasn't clear to me from your previous e-mail, since you mentioned >> that it is for the case when you have a blank harddrive). > > I don't see why not. Cool, I'm looking forward to test it when I have more time :)
> CHS has been obsolete since ATA5 or ATA6 (as I've > read) and even Windows have been using LBA since XP or Vista. But that's > not tested (I only know they refuse to work when there's wrong partition > type even though the FS is fine). To be clear, my concern is more with preserving all the weird stuff some vendors do with their recovery partitions and such (at least so I've heard), not support for CHS. Martin Sucha _______________________________________________ HelenOS-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.modry.cz/cgi-bin/listinfo/helenos-devel
