From: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] format usb as ext4
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 10:32:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3f90901c-7f55-4d45-bfe3-54b9e3827b37@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e0772e15-b7b9-45ac-bdc8-0eb8ad92ea1f@youngman.org.uk>
La 04.11.2024 09:35, Wols Lists a scris:
> I know linux doesn't care - has never cared, but historically you did
> NOT have partition tables on removable media. Floppy disks didn't have
> partition tables. I'm not aware of early SD cards or USB sticks having
> partition tables. It's only relatively recently with "huge" media
> sticks that partition tables on removable media have become a thing.
>
Actually they did. USB sticks had a partition table, and Windows would
would only see the first partition. It did not show you the partition
table, but it was there.
I think the last floppy without a partition table was the 1.44 MB one
(ok, the 2.88 MB too, but I never saw one). Even ZIP drives had a
partition table.
Viorel
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-11-04 8:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-24 0:34 [gentoo-user] format usb as ext4 syscon edm
2024-10-24 2:19 ` Mitchell Dorrell
2024-10-24 2:34 ` syscon edm
2024-10-24 2:42 ` Jack Ostroff
2024-10-24 13:11 ` syscon edm
2024-10-24 13:16 ` Michael
2024-10-24 3:01 ` Mitchell Dorrell
2024-10-24 8:33 ` Jacques Montier
2024-11-03 23:35 ` Wol
2024-11-04 2:11 ` Matt Jolly
2024-11-04 7:35 ` Wols Lists
2024-11-04 8:32 ` Viorel Munteanu [this message]
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