Re: GRUB 1.95 is released

[Dennis Clarke]

> * Yoshinori K. Okuji <address@hidden> [061015 16:51]:
>> * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first
>>   partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0".
>
> Hm. What's the reason for being inconsistent here?
>
> If changing the partition naming scheme, I would have thought it'd
> become hd1,1. But why is the first disk 0 and the first partition 1?
>
> Using Linux style names might make sense as well... hda1,...
>

I would prefer a naming style that is not specific to any OS at all.

So hard disks numbered as "disks" and partitions" as "partition" works real
well.  Keeping in mind that even a partition is an abstraction as opposed
to a real thing.

Dennis