Partition table saga
2005-11-23Why is it so difficult to have a partition table usable under both Linux and Windows? While Windows reports correct CHS values, it is so fragile when handling partition tables with errors. Partition Magic can be useful sometimes, but for me it usually just refuse to start. Damn it.
It is not much better in Linux. It is always assumed there are 255 heads, while the correct number for my harddisk is 240. Besides fdisk simply won’t allow me to grow extended partition. Finally it is cfdisk that saved my life, otherwise I may need to waste many hours/days for merely moving partitions around without achieving anything useful.
For such administrative issues, I’m just a simple user that wish to have things that Just Work™.
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