Question: what is the rationale behind automounting swap/solaris, type 82 partition
Posted: 16 Sep 2019, 22:43
Hello,
I'm still new to Porteus, could not think of a better place to ask.
QUESTION:
Why ANY existing partitions on ANY existing devices marked as ´type 82´
should be automagically considered for automounting (normal boot, graphical, possibly also other boots).
In graphical boot:
a) I fail to see a reason why would type 82 partitions showing up in default ´guest´ icons on desktop, its confusing
b) I fail to see a reason why would type 82 partitions showing up in ANY ´root´ environments... its very confusing [see a)]
When ANY partition is maked as Type 82
is to be considered as ´swap´ by default, not a filesystem therefore not useable as a filesystem
is to be considered as ´solaris´ as a possibility: IT IS A FILESYSTEM which solaris would use/understand)
In both cases I would avoid automounting a partition marked explicitly as being Type 82: ´swap´ or ´solaris´
I wouldnt mount a swap intentionally, there is no use unless special cases
I wouldnt mount a solaris from a linux automagically. I could cause troubles...
Any insight?
omero
I'm still new to Porteus, could not think of a better place to ask.
QUESTION:
Why ANY existing partitions on ANY existing devices marked as ´type 82´
should be automagically considered for automounting (normal boot, graphical, possibly also other boots).
In graphical boot:
a) I fail to see a reason why would type 82 partitions showing up in default ´guest´ icons on desktop, its confusing
b) I fail to see a reason why would type 82 partitions showing up in ANY ´root´ environments... its very confusing [see a)]
When ANY partition is maked as Type 82
is to be considered as ´swap´ by default, not a filesystem therefore not useable as a filesystem
is to be considered as ´solaris´ as a possibility: IT IS A FILESYSTEM which solaris would use/understand)
In both cases I would avoid automounting a partition marked explicitly as being Type 82: ´swap´ or ´solaris´
I wouldnt mount a swap intentionally, there is no use unless special cases
I wouldnt mount a solaris from a linux automagically. I could cause troubles...
Any insight?
omero