> > libATA has been in Fedora since Fedora 7, so it's not just Ubuntu. I > believe ti is worth mentioning as the SCSI-like interface has at least one > ramification, namely that you are limited in the number of partitions that > are supported on a single disk. IIRC, you are really limited to a maximum > partition number, so if you only have extended partitions on a disk you > lose four partition numbers. So the partition that used to be /dev/hda16 > becomes unusable with libATA. That sort of thing does belong in the LPI > exam IMHO. > > Ian Shields Ph.D. > Linux Technologist, ISV & Developer Relations > IBM Corp > Research Triangle Park, NC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
This is interesting. You've provided yet more details that I didn't know. The ramification that you mention is yet another good reason to include libATA on the exam. _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
