Re: [opensuse] libata partition limit (was: ext3 check forced = frustration) On Feb 19, 2008 12:18 AM, Bob S <164@sanctum.com> wrote: > On Monday 18 February 2008 09:37:03 am Felix Miata wrote: > > On 2008/02/17 23:49 (GMT-0500) Bob S apparently typed: > > > Yeah, when they made the switch there were a bunch of us screaming about > > > the partition limitation.  We were told, "Don't Worry" that will be > > > fixed.  I've got half of a 250 GB disk that I wanted to install SUSE 11 > > > on but only three partitions.  That ain't gonna work! > > > > The kernel devs apparently think lvm and dm are able to provide solutions, > > that it isn't the job of the kernel to provide backward compatibility for > > upgrading systems that already have partitions >15. :-( > > > Nice of the kernel devs to decide what is best for all of us. > At least for now YOU are in control, not the kernel devs. They have taken nothing away and the traditional IDE drivers are being very actively supported.  Suse has them in their kernels for 10.3 (11.0 I don't know about). The kernel devs added a parallel development track a copy years ago, so now there are 2 drivers for the vast majority of PATA (IDE) controllers.  It is YOUR choice whether you use the traditional set or the new set, nobody else is making decisions for you. So if you don't like the new way, use the old one.  (As described in the release notes from day one.) Obviously, SUSE (Novell) had to make a choice of what the default driver set for 10.3 should be.  They choose the leading edge set. That is pretty consistent with the opensuse philosophy from what I've seen.  I for one am very happy to see them moving forward, and if I need extra partitions, I can add a boot flag, update my grub setup, and fstab entries. I really don't understand the gripping about 10.3 in this respect.  If suse ever drops the traditional drivers/ide support, that is the time to complain.  And those complaints should occur during the alpha/beta process, not 6 months after the product is released. Greg --  Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com