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diff --git a/Documentation/ldm.txt b/Documentation/ldm.txt index 4f80edd14d0a..12c571368e73 100644 --- a/Documentation/ldm.txt +++ b/Documentation/ldm.txt @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ +========================================== +LDM - Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disks) +========================================== - LDM - Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disks) - ------------------------------------------ - -Originally Written by FlatCap - Richard Russon <ldm@flatcap.org>. -Last Updated by Anton Altaparmakov on 30 March 2007 for Windows Vista. +:Author: Originally Written by FlatCap - Richard Russon <ldm@flatcap.org>. +:Last Updated: Anton Altaparmakov on 30 March 2007 for Windows Vista. Overview -------- @@ -37,24 +37,36 @@ Example ------- Below we have a 50MiB disk, divided into seven partitions. -N.B. The missing 1MiB at the end of the disk is where the LDM database is - stored. - - Device | Offset Bytes Sectors MiB | Size Bytes Sectors MiB - -------+----------------------------+--------------------------- - hda | 0 0 0 | 52428800 102400 50 - hda1 | 51380224 100352 49 | 1048576 2048 1 - hda2 | 16384 32 0 | 6979584 13632 6 - hda3 | 6995968 13664 6 | 10485760 20480 10 - hda4 | 17481728 34144 16 | 4194304 8192 4 - hda5 | 21676032 42336 20 | 5242880 10240 5 - hda6 | 26918912 52576 25 | 10485760 20480 10 - hda7 | 37404672 73056 35 | 13959168 27264 13 + +.. note:: + + The missing 1MiB at the end of the disk is where the LDM database is + stored. + ++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+ +|Device || Offset Bytes | Sectors | MiB || Size Bytes | Sectors | MiB| ++=======++==============+=========+=====++==============+=========+====+ +|hda || 0 | 0 | 0 || 52428800 | 102400 | 50| ++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+ +|hda1 || 51380224 | 100352 | 49 || 1048576 | 2048 | 1| ++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+ +|hda2 || 16384 | 32 | 0 || 6979584 | 13632 | 6| ++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+ +|hda3 || 6995968 | 13664 | 6 || 10485760 | 20480 | 10| ++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+ +|hda4 || 17481728 | 34144 | 16 || 4194304 | 8192 | 4| ++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+ +|hda5 || 21676032 | 42336 | 20 || 5242880 | 10240 | 5| ++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+ +|hda6 || 26918912 | 52576 | 25 || 10485760 | 20480 | 10| ++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+ +|hda7 || 37404672 | 73056 | 35 || 13959168 | 27264 | 13| ++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+ The LDM Database may not store the partitions in the order that they appear on disk, but the driver will sort them. -When Linux boots, you will see something like: +When Linux boots, you will see something like:: hda: 102400 sectors w/32KiB Cache, CHS=50/64/32 hda: [LDM] hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 hda5 hda6 hda7 @@ -65,13 +77,13 @@ Compiling LDM Support To enable LDM, choose the following two options: - "Advanced partition selection" CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED - "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support" CONFIG_LDM_PARTITION + - "Advanced partition selection" CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED + - "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support" CONFIG_LDM_PARTITION If you believe the driver isn't working as it should, you can enable the extra debugging code. This will produce a LOT of output. The option is: - "Windows LDM extra logging" CONFIG_LDM_DEBUG + - "Windows LDM extra logging" CONFIG_LDM_DEBUG N.B. The partition code cannot be compiled as a module. |