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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/partitions/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/partitions/Kconfig | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/partitions/Kconfig b/fs/partitions/Kconfig index 7638a1c42a7d..a99acd8de353 100644 --- a/fs/partitions/Kconfig +++ b/fs/partitions/Kconfig | |||
@@ -166,8 +166,12 @@ config LDM_PARTITION | |||
166 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED | 166 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED |
167 | ---help--- | 167 | ---help--- |
168 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | 168 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
169 | were partitioned using Windows 2000's or XP's Logical Disk Manager. | 169 | were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk |
170 | They are also known as "Dynamic Disks". | 170 | Manager. They are also known as "Dynamic Disks". |
171 | |||
172 | Note this driver only supports Dynamic Disks with a protective MBR | ||
173 | label, i.e. DOS partition table. It does not support GPT labelled | ||
174 | Dynamic Disks yet as can be created with Vista. | ||
171 | 175 | ||
172 | Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around | 176 | Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around |
173 | the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk | 177 | the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk |
@@ -175,8 +179,8 @@ config LDM_PARTITION | |||
175 | mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for | 179 | mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for |
176 | rebooting. | 180 | rebooting. |
177 | 181 | ||
178 | Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000 and | 182 | Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP, |
179 | XP. | 183 | and Vista. |
180 | 184 | ||
181 | For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/ldm.txt>. | 185 | For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/ldm.txt>. |
182 | 186 | ||