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clarification.
Authored by: gvitale on Jun 25, '02 06:55:50AM

I'm sorry, but after reading this I do not see why the 15 partitions limit is not an issue in Darwin



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Is is an issue?
Authored by: porkchop_d_clown on Jun 25, '02 08:15:28AM

Well, the important point is that it "isn't a bug it's a feature!" in other words, the partitioning code is broken as designed, not broken because of an error in the kernel programming.

As the previous poster noted there are valid technical reasons that limit the size of the partition map and the absolute number of partitions on a drive.

I guess for me the question is why does Apple reserve so many hidden partitions?



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clarification.
Authored by: bhines on Jun 26, '02 05:54:54AM

"This condition is still true today if you want to preserve the ISO
blocks that must start at block 16/Sector 64 on a CD."

Is your main hard drive CD?



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