Re: [9fans] Streaming on venti

["Wilhelm B. Kloke" <wb@arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de>]

erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> schrieb:
>> erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> schrieb:
>>>> Of course, some support form the OS is needed, which excludes Plan9.
>>>
>>> what is the basis for this claim?  references?
>>>
...
>
> plan 9 doesn't support gpt.

This was my claim. Nothing else. You did cut off some significant part of my original message.

> however, nemo is correct.  when gpt partitions are
> created below the fdisk limit of 2TB, that space
> is supposed to be shown in partition table.  (at
> www.uefi.org; see §5.2.2 of the uefi specification
> 2.1 on the "protective" mbr.)

Yes. A protective mbr is in the specification. Protective means: Not to be
used for fiddling.

> your claim was that plan 9 lacks something to support
> streaming.  what does support for gpt partition tables
> have to do with this?

Let me restate my claim:
- Using venti for backing up a streaming application is not a good idea.
- Contiguous storage areas may be better.
- One potential method to provide access to contiguous disk space may be a rich partitioning
  system, e.g. GPT.
- Plan9 does not support the last idea.
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