> > > > Either fix fdisk(8) to not try and read partition table
> > > > info for non-disks (it can use /proc/ide/*/media for this),
> > >
> > > That is a broken solution. Non PC IDE disks are normally partitioned. It's
> > > unfortunate that there is still no sign of IDE support for this.
> >
> > Eh? What do you mean, Alan?
> >
> > These are not disks that folks are talking about,
> > but rather, tapes and cdroms, which are *not* normally
> > partitioned.
>
> Humm.. Sorry I meant to say "Non PC IDE CDROMS" are normally partitioned. It's
> unfortuanate there is still no sign of IDE support for this. For sparc, ppc,
> powermac, mac68k we really really do need partition support for CDROM
>
>
Well, as Uniform and ide-cdrom maintainer and I still don't understand. What
exactly is "partition support for CDROM"? No cdrom standard I am familiar
with describes a "CDROM partition". I don't claim to know everything (far
from it), but I am fairly familiar with CDROMs... Do your mean the ability
to mount individual sessions on a multi-session CDROM? Could you show me some
documentation on what is you want Linux to support cdrom-wise? Is there some
standard API out there for doing whatever this is (i.e. Does Sun do this?)?
-Erik
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