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b2441318 | 1 | # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 |
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2 | # |
3 | # Partition configuration | |
4 | # | |
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5 | menu "Partition Types" |
6 | ||
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7 | config PARTITION_ADVANCED |
8 | bool "Advanced partition selection" | |
9 | help | |
10 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
11 | were partitioned under an operating system running on a different | |
12 | architecture than your Linux system. | |
13 | ||
14 | Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the | |
15 | kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all | |
16 | the questions about foreign partitioning schemes. | |
17 | ||
18 | If unsure, say N. | |
19 | ||
20 | config ACORN_PARTITION | |
21 | bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
22 | default y if ARCH_ACORN | |
23 | help | |
24 | Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems. | |
25 | ||
26 | config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA | |
50365c57 | 27 | bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 28 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 29 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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30 | help |
31 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
32 | were partitioned using the Cumana interface on Acorn machines. | |
33 | ||
34 | config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX | |
50365c57 | 35 | bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 36 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 37 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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38 | |
39 | config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS | |
50365c57 | 40 | bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 41 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 42 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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43 | help |
44 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
45 | were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines. | |
46 | ||
47 | config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS | |
50365c57 | 48 | bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 49 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 50 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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51 | help |
52 | The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the | |
53 | RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC | |
54 | systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say | |
55 | `Y' here, Linux will support disk partitions created under ADFS. | |
56 | ||
57 | config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC | |
50365c57 | 58 | bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 59 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 60 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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61 | help |
62 | Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using | |
63 | the PowerTec SCSI drive. | |
64 | ||
65 | config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX | |
50365c57 | 66 | bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
1da177e4 | 67 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
50365c57 | 68 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
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69 | help |
70 | Once upon a time, there was a native Unix port for the Acorn series | |
71 | of machines called RISCiX. If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able | |
72 | to read disks partitioned under RISCiX. | |
73 | ||
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74 | config AIX_PARTITION |
75 | bool "AIX basic partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
76 | help | |
77 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | |
78 | partition table format used by IBM or Motorola PowerPC machines | |
79 | running AIX. AIX actually uses a Logical Volume Manager, where | |
80 | "logical volumes" can be spread across one or multiple disks, | |
81 | but this driver works only for the simple case of partitions which | |
82 | are contiguous. | |
83 | Otherwise, say N. | |
84 | ||
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85 | config OSF_PARTITION |
86 | bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
87 | default y if ALPHA | |
88 | help | |
89 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
90 | were partitioned on an Alpha machine. | |
91 | ||
92 | config AMIGA_PARTITION | |
93 | bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
94 | default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y) | |
95 | help | |
96 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
97 | were partitioned under AmigaOS. | |
98 | ||
99 | config ATARI_PARTITION | |
100 | bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
101 | default y if ATARI | |
102 | help | |
103 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
104 | were partitioned under the Atari OS. | |
105 | ||
106 | config IBM_PARTITION | |
107 | bool "IBM disk label and partition support" | |
347a8dc3 | 108 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390 |
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109 | help |
110 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | |
111 | partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS. | |
112 | Otherwise, say N. | |
113 | ||
114 | config MAC_PARTITION | |
115 | bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
cfa224e9 | 116 | default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC) |
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117 | help |
118 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
119 | were partitioned on a Macintosh. | |
120 | ||
121 | config MSDOS_PARTITION | |
122 | bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
123 | default y | |
124 | help | |
125 | Say Y here. | |
126 | ||
127 | config BSD_DISKLABEL | |
128 | bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support" | |
129 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | |
130 | help | |
131 | FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It | |
132 | requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk | |
133 | and manages it similarly to DOS extended partitions, putting in its | |
134 | first sector a new partition table in BSD disklabel format. Saying Y | |
135 | here allows you to read these disklabels and further mount FreeBSD | |
136 | partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS | |
137 | file system support", above. If you don't know what all this is | |
138 | about, say N. | |
139 | ||
140 | config MINIX_SUBPARTITION | |
141 | bool "Minix subpartition support" | |
142 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | |
143 | help | |
144 | Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table support for Linux. | |
145 | Say Y here if you want to mount and use Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 | |
146 | subpartitions. | |
147 | ||
148 | config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION | |
149 | bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support" | |
150 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | |
151 | help | |
152 | Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition | |
153 | table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you | |
154 | to read these partition tables and further mount Solaris x86 | |
155 | partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS | |
156 | file system support", above. | |
157 | ||
158 | config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL | |
159 | bool "Unixware slices support" | |
160 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | |
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162 | Like some systems, UnixWare uses its own slice table inside a |
163 | partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of Contents). Its format is | |
164 | incompatible with all other OSes. Saying Y here allows you to read | |
165 | VTOC and further mount UnixWare partitions read-only from within | |
166 | Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support" or | |
167 | "System V and Coherent file system support", above. | |
168 | ||
169 | This is mainly used to carry data from a UnixWare box to your | |
170 | Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical, ZIP or | |
171 | removable IDE drives. Note, however, that a good portable way to | |
172 | transport files and directories between unixes (and even other | |
173 | operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man tar" or | |
174 | preferably "info tar"). | |
175 | ||
176 | If you don't know what all this is about, say N. | |
177 | ||
178 | config LDM_PARTITION | |
179 | bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support" | |
180 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
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1da177e4 | 182 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
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183 | were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk |
184 | Manager. They are also known as "Dynamic Disks". | |
185 | ||
186 | Note this driver only supports Dynamic Disks with a protective MBR | |
187 | label, i.e. DOS partition table. It does not support GPT labelled | |
188 | Dynamic Disks yet as can be created with Vista. | |
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189 | |
190 | Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around | |
191 | the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk | |
192 | Manager allows the user to repartition a disk and create spanned, | |
193 | mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for | |
194 | rebooting. | |
195 | ||
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196 | Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP, |
197 | and Vista. | |
1da177e4 | 198 | |
4f4cfa6c | 199 | For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/ldm.rst>. |
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200 | |
201 | If unsure, say N. | |
202 | ||
203 | config LDM_DEBUG | |
204 | bool "Windows LDM extra logging" | |
205 | depends on LDM_PARTITION | |
206 | help | |
207 | Say Y here if you would like LDM to log verbosely. This could be | |
208 | helpful if the driver doesn't work as expected and you'd like to | |
209 | report a bug. | |
210 | ||
211 | If unsure, say N. | |
212 | ||
213 | config SGI_PARTITION | |
214 | bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
b75cb06f | 215 | default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION |
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216 | help |
217 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | |
218 | partition table format used by SGI machines. | |
219 | ||
220 | config ULTRIX_PARTITION | |
221 | bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
222 | default y if MACH_DECSTATION | |
223 | help | |
224 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | |
225 | partition table format used by DEC (now Compaq) Ultrix machines. | |
226 | Otherwise, say N. | |
227 | ||
228 | config SUN_PARTITION | |
229 | bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
0b57ee9e | 230 | default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X) |
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232 | Like most systems, SunOS uses its own hard disk partition table |
233 | format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you to | |
234 | read these partition tables and further mount SunOS partitions from | |
235 | within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support", | |
236 | above. This is mainly used to carry data from a SPARC under SunOS to | |
237 | your Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical or ZIP | |
238 | drives; note however that a good portable way to transport files and | |
239 | directories between unixes (and even other operating systems) is | |
240 | given by the tar program ("man tar" or preferably "info tar"). If | |
241 | you don't know what all this is about, say N. | |
242 | ||
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243 | config KARMA_PARTITION |
244 | bool "Karma Partition support" | |
245 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
246 | help | |
247 | Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it | |
248 | uses a proprietary partition table. | |
249 | ||
1da177e4 | 250 | config EFI_PARTITION |
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251 | bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
252 | default y | |
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253 | select CRC32 |
254 | help | |
255 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | |
e5d480ff | 256 | were partitioned using EFI GPT. |
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257 | |
258 | config SYSV68_PARTITION | |
259 | bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
22258d40 | 260 | default y if VME |
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261 | help |
262 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | |
263 | partition table format used by Motorola Delta machines (using | |
264 | sysv68). | |
265 | Otherwise, say N. | |
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266 | |
267 | config CMDLINE_PARTITION | |
268 | bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | |
bab55417 | 269 | help |
080506ad | 270 | Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs. |
bab55417 | 271 | The format for the command line is just like mtdparts. |
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272 | |
273 | endmenu |