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Date: Mon,  9 Jun 2008 18:56:58 -0700
From: "ron minnich" <rminnich@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:

>>  - One potential method to provide access to contiguous
>> disk space may be a rich partitioning system, e.g. GPT.
>
> I can't believe what a terrible idea this is.  I honestly thought
> that PC architecture couldn't get any worse; congratulations.

It's part of the EFI promise: everything they touch will turn to merde :-)

ron