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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