FreeLists / openbeosstorage / [openbeosstorage] Re: session module

["Ingo Weinhold" <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> "Ingo Weinhold" <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...]
> > > I don't think real sessions will ever actually overlap; I believe 
> > > they 
> > > just refer to data outside their own session using absolute disc 
> > > addresses. 
> > Sure, but a bad partition table may specify that too partitions 
> > span 
> > overlapping areas. That's what I mean. The partition module 
> > rejecting 
> > the session, as done now, is a very simple solution, but, if one 
> > doesn't do that, one has to decide, what to present to the user. 
> > Both 
> > partitions=3F One=3F None=3F
> 
> That's a good question. I would just iterate them in standard order 
> and 
> throw away anything that overlaps. That should be almost clean.

Mmh, that would work, I believe, but I am too lazy to implement it now. 
;-)
I think, I put it on a TODO list for the time being.

> In fact, I had this once, since the f&#=3Fing fdisk tool from Windows 
> 98 
> created a partition in the middle of the hard disk that spanned over 
> two other partitions - fortunately, I didn't lost anything due to 
> that, 
> and I could remove the partition without any problems later again.

I think, that was the right punishment for you for getting involved 
with The Evil. ;-)

CU, Ingo