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2 | # Partition configuration | |
3 | # | |
4 | config PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
5 | bool "Advanced partition selection" | |
6 | help | |
7 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
8 | were partitioned under an operating system running on a different | |
9 | architecture than your Linux system. | |
10 | ||
11 | Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the | |
12 | kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all | |
13 | the questions about foreign partitioning schemes. | |
14 | ||
15 | If unsure, say N. | |
16 | ||
17 | config ACORN_PARTITION | |
18 | bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
19 | default y if ARCH_ACORN | |
20 | help | |
21 | Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems. | |
22 | ||
23 | config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA | |
50365c57 | 24 | bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 25 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 26 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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27 | help |
28 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
29 | were partitioned using the Cumana interface on Acorn machines. | |
30 | ||
31 | config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX | |
50365c57 | 32 | bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 33 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 34 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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35 | |
36 | config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS | |
50365c57 | 37 | bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 38 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 39 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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40 | help |
41 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
42 | were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines. | |
43 | ||
44 | config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS | |
50365c57 | 45 | bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 46 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 47 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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48 | help |
49 | The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the | |
50 | RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC | |
51 | systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say | |
52 | `Y' here, Linux will support disk partitions created under ADFS. | |
53 | ||
54 | config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC | |
50365c57 | 55 | bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 56 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 57 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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58 | help |
59 | Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using | |
60 | the PowerTec SCSI drive. | |
61 | ||
62 | config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX | |
50365c57 | 63 | bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 64 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 65 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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66 | help |
67 | Once upon a time, there was a native Unix port for the Acorn series | |
68 | of machines called RISCiX. If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able | |
69 | to read disks partitioned under RISCiX. | |
70 | ||
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71 | config AIX_PARTITION |
72 | bool "AIX basic partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
73 | help | |
74 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | |
75 | partition table format used by IBM or Motorola PowerPC machines | |
76 | running AIX. AIX actually uses a Logical Volume Manager, where | |
77 | "logical volumes" can be spread across one or multiple disks, | |
78 | but this driver works only for the simple case of partitions which | |
79 | are contiguous. | |
80 | Otherwise, say N. | |
81 | ||
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82 | config OSF_PARTITION |
83 | bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
84 | default y if ALPHA | |
85 | help | |
86 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
87 | were partitioned on an Alpha machine. | |
88 | ||
89 | config AMIGA_PARTITION | |
90 | bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
91 | default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y) | |
92 | help | |
93 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
94 | were partitioned under AmigaOS. | |
95 | ||
96 | config ATARI_PARTITION | |
97 | bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
98 | default y if ATARI | |
99 | help | |
100 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
101 | were partitioned under the Atari OS. | |
102 | ||
103 | config IBM_PARTITION | |
104 | bool "IBM disk label and partition support" | |
347a8dc3 | 105 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390 |
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106 | help |
107 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | |
108 | partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS. | |
109 | Otherwise, say N. | |
110 | ||
111 | config MAC_PARTITION | |
112 | bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
cfa224e9 | 113 | default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC) |
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114 | help |
115 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
116 | were partitioned on a Macintosh. | |
117 | ||
118 | config MSDOS_PARTITION | |
119 | bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
120 | default y | |
121 | help | |
122 | Say Y here. | |
123 | ||
124 | config BSD_DISKLABEL | |
125 | bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support" | |
126 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | |
127 | help | |
128 | FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It | |
129 | requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk | |
130 | and manages it similarly to DOS extended partitions, putting in its | |
131 | first sector a new partition table in BSD disklabel format. Saying Y | |
132 | here allows you to read these disklabels and further mount FreeBSD | |
133 | partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS | |
134 | file system support", above. If you don't know what all this is | |
135 | about, say N. | |
136 | ||
137 | config MINIX_SUBPARTITION | |
138 | bool "Minix subpartition support" | |
139 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | |
140 | help | |
141 | Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table support for Linux. | |
142 | Say Y here if you want to mount and use Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 | |
143 | subpartitions. | |
144 | ||
145 | config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION | |
146 | bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support" | |
147 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | |
148 | help | |
149 | Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition | |
150 | table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you | |
151 | to read these partition tables and further mount Solaris x86 | |
152 | partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS | |
153 | file system support", above. | |
154 | ||
155 | config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL | |
156 | bool "Unixware slices support" | |
157 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | |
158 | ---help--- | |
159 | Like some systems, UnixWare uses its own slice table inside a | |
160 | partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of Contents). Its format is | |
161 | incompatible with all other OSes. Saying Y here allows you to read | |
162 | VTOC and further mount UnixWare partitions read-only from within | |
163 | Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support" or | |
164 | "System V and Coherent file system support", above. | |
165 | ||
166 | This is mainly used to carry data from a UnixWare box to your | |
167 | Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical, ZIP or | |
168 | removable IDE drives. Note, however, that a good portable way to | |
169 | transport files and directories between unixes (and even other | |
170 | operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man tar" or | |
171 | preferably "info tar"). | |
172 | ||
173 | If you don't know what all this is about, say N. | |
174 | ||
175 | config LDM_PARTITION | |
176 | bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support" | |
177 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
178 | ---help--- | |
179 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
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180 | were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk |
181 | Manager. They are also known as "Dynamic Disks". | |
182 | ||
183 | Note this driver only supports Dynamic Disks with a protective MBR | |
184 | label, i.e. DOS partition table. It does not support GPT labelled | |
185 | Dynamic Disks yet as can be created with Vista. | |
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186 | |
187 | Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around | |
188 | the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk | |
189 | Manager allows the user to repartition a disk and create spanned, | |
190 | mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for | |
191 | rebooting. | |
192 | ||
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193 | Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP, |
194 | and Vista. | |
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195 | |
196 | For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/ldm.txt>. | |
197 | ||
198 | If unsure, say N. | |
199 | ||
200 | config LDM_DEBUG | |
201 | bool "Windows LDM extra logging" | |
202 | depends on LDM_PARTITION | |
203 | help | |
204 | Say Y here if you would like LDM to log verbosely. This could be | |
205 | helpful if the driver doesn't work as expected and you'd like to | |
206 | report a bug. | |
207 | ||
208 | If unsure, say N. | |
209 | ||
210 | config SGI_PARTITION | |
211 | bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
b75cb06f | 212 | default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION |
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213 | help |
214 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | |
215 | partition table format used by SGI machines. | |
216 | ||
217 | config ULTRIX_PARTITION | |
218 | bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
219 | default y if MACH_DECSTATION | |
220 | help | |
221 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | |
222 | partition table format used by DEC (now Compaq) Ultrix machines. | |
223 | Otherwise, say N. | |
224 | ||
225 | config SUN_PARTITION | |
226 | bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
0b57ee9e | 227 | default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X) |
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228 | ---help--- |
229 | Like most systems, SunOS uses its own hard disk partition table | |
230 | format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you to | |
231 | read these partition tables and further mount SunOS partitions from | |
232 | within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support", | |
233 | above. This is mainly used to carry data from a SPARC under SunOS to | |
234 | your Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical or ZIP | |
235 | drives; note however that a good portable way to transport files and | |
236 | directories between unixes (and even other operating systems) is | |
237 | given by the tar program ("man tar" or preferably "info tar"). If | |
238 | you don't know what all this is about, say N. | |
239 | ||
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240 | config KARMA_PARTITION |
241 | bool "Karma Partition support" | |
242 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
243 | help | |
244 | Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it | |
245 | uses a proprietary partition table. | |
246 | ||
1da177e4 | 247 | config EFI_PARTITION |
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248 | bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
249 | default y | |
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250 | select CRC32 |
251 | help | |
252 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
e5d480ff | 253 | were partitioned using EFI GPT. |
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254 | |
255 | config SYSV68_PARTITION | |
256 | bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
22258d40 | 257 | default y if VME |
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258 | help |
259 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | |
260 | partition table format used by Motorola Delta machines (using | |
261 | sysv68). | |
262 | Otherwise, say N. | |
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263 | |
264 | config CMDLINE_PARTITION | |
265 | bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
080506ad | 266 | select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER |
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080506ad | 268 | Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs. |
bab55417 | 269 | The format for the command line is just like mtdparts. |