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Hi,<br>
<br>
I support this demand. Instead of whining, could you check if your
partitions still work with ReactOS?<br>
As far as I know, this should not affect small disks. So, try and
complain after.<br>
<br>
Furthermore, I would like to precise that we cannot stay 15 years
back just because the switch is somehow a pain. Everyone may have to
recreate its partitions. You have to understand that we cannot
pretend to provide a modern OS with a deprecated architecture that
can hardly leave closely to other OSes. This is definitely not
selfish.<br>
<br>
Thanks Eric for helping bringing ReactOS into a more suitable
shape.<br>
<br>
Finally, I would like to point that starting a drama is pointless.
We are currently in a critical step in the OS development, we have
to work all together and not fighting one against the others.<br>
<br>
So, please test first, and then, depending on your ability to use
(or not) your old partitions with the new geometry, we will see how
we can help you.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Pierre<br>
<br>
PS: Regarding communication step, nightly builds tester should read
what changed before testing and then be aware of the problem. For
release, a note can be put into the release announcement.<br>
PPS: If ReactOS is still considered as alpha, this is typically for
such cases where a single change can have a real impact on data. We
cannot wait for beta or even stable (not to speak about gold) to
apply such changes.<br>
<br>
On 11/28/2011 12:22 PM, Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo wrote:
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cite="mid:CAAHf8reRvrGNz=VtTPwzxyXFB5Z4wNTNCfiLMjW1kigS-=5ACA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">"But before this, do we really have the problem?" -
Aleksey Bragin<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Magnus
Johnsson <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:magnusjjj@gmail.com">magnusjjj@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);
padding-left: 1ex;">"No drama please!" - Aleksey Bragin<br>
<br>
<br>
2011/11/28 Ged Murphy <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gedmurphy.maillists@gmail.com">gedmurphy.maillists@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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<div class="h5">> Do you have to work at being this rude
and disrespectful or does it just<br>
> come naturally to you?<br>
> This is the a great example of why the reactos forums
are such a nasty place<br>
> to visit.<br>
> You must be quite proud.<br>
><br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org">ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org</a>
[mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org">ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org</a>]
On<br>
> Behalf Of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:caemyr@myopera.com">caemyr@myopera.com</a><br>
> Sent: 27 November 2011 23:07<br>
> To: ReactOS Development List<br>
> Subject: Re: [ros-dev] HDD Geometry switch<br>
><br>
> Also, knowing the consequences, did you bother to
issue any message to our<br>
> community, to inform them about this?? Not every
ReactOS user is subsribed<br>
> to ros-dev.<br>
><br>
> Ah wait... you ignored that as well. You will let
others handle the problem<br>
> as usual.<br>
><br>
> I have 5 sets for testing, 2 real hardware and 3 vm.
Each one with two<br>
> partitions, one for ros and other for all the
installers and drivers.<br>
><br>
> So now, whenever i cross the border of this change, i
will have to wipe all,<br>
> recreate the partitions and copy the stuff back? It
will take no less than<br>
> half an hour for VM. On real hardware, just the
copying can take up to 1<br>
> hour.<br>
><br>
> Do you value your time available to spend on ReactOS?
Then perhaps you could<br>
> also think about others as well?<br>
><br>
> On Sunday, November 27, 2011 4:48 PM, "Eric Kohl"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:eric.kohl@t-online.de">eric.kohl@t-online.de</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:caemyr@myopera.com">caemyr@myopera.com</a>
wrote:<br>
>> > Is the new geometry backward-compatible? If
i recreate the partitions,<br>
> will they be visible when i regress test revisions
before 54511?<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
>> This is a one-way road. If you want to test older
revisions, you must<br>
>> delete and re-create partitions again.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Regards<br>
>> Eric<br>
>><br>
>> _______________________________________________<br>
>> Ros-dev mailing list<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Ros-dev@reactos.org">Ros-dev@reactos.org</a><br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev"
target="_blank">http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev</a><br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> With best regards<br>
> Caemyr<br>
><br>
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