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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: fdisk problem?
Keywords: version 1.2, XT
Message-ID: <1767@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 6 Dec 88 10:45:03 GMT
References: <283@ge1cbx.UUCP>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <283@ge1cbx.UUCP> usenet@ge1cbx.UUCP (Terry Lee) writes:
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>the fdisk on minix 1.2 seems to be bugged in that the partition numbers it
>reports is incorrect, and does not correspond to /dev/hd* or anything else.

Partition ordering is in the eye of the beholder.  MINIX, DOS, XENIX, PC-IX
all have different conventions which is which.  I am fairly confident
that MINIX is internally consistent though.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)