> 
> 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.


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