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Re: pc.mod -> part_msdos.mod (etc)
From: |
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko |
Subject: |
Re: pc.mod -> part_msdos.mod (etc) |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:37:59 +0200 |
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder'
Serbinenko<address@hidden> wrote:
>>> As was discussed in http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg06210.html
>>> I intend to prefix all partmap modules with "part_" and rename "pc" to
>>> "part_msdos".
> This partition scheme is "PC-style" ans calling it "msdos" effectively
> means miscrediting IBM's work to Microsoft. I don't believe this to be
> correct.
>
I've done a small research and wasn't able to find where does it come
exactly from but found that PC-DOS was a rebranded MS-DOS. As I don't
want to spend a lot of time researching the origin of this partition
scheme more in details I'm fine with any name.
> --
> Regards
> Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
>
> Personal git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/grub2/phcoder.git
>
--
Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Personal git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/grub2/phcoder.git
Re: pc.mod -> part_msdos.mod (etc), Yves Blusseau, 2009/08/28