| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # | 
|  | 2 | # Partition configuration | 
|  | 3 | # | 
|  | 4 | config PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
|  | 5 | bool "Advanced partition selection" | 
|  | 6 | help | 
|  | 7 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | 
|  | 8 | were partitioned under an operating system running on a different | 
|  | 9 | architecture than your Linux system. | 
|  | 10 |  | 
|  | 11 | Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the | 
|  | 12 | kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all | 
|  | 13 | the questions about foreign partitioning schemes. | 
|  | 14 |  | 
|  | 15 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 16 |  | 
|  | 17 | config ACORN_PARTITION | 
|  | 18 | bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
|  | 19 | default y if ARCH_ACORN | 
|  | 20 | help | 
|  | 21 | Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems. | 
|  | 22 |  | 
|  | 23 | config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | default y if ARCH_ACORN | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | help | 
|  | 28 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | 
|  | 29 | were partitioned using the Cumana interface on Acorn machines. | 
|  | 30 |  | 
|  | 31 | config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | default y if ARCH_ACORN | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 35 |  | 
|  | 36 | config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | default y if ARCH_ACORN | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | help | 
|  | 41 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | 
|  | 42 | were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines. | 
|  | 43 |  | 
|  | 44 | config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | default y if ARCH_ACORN | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | help | 
|  | 49 | The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the | 
|  | 50 | RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC | 
|  | 51 | systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines.  If you say | 
|  | 52 | `Y' here, Linux will support disk partitions created under ADFS. | 
|  | 53 |  | 
|  | 54 | config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | default y if ARCH_ACORN | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | help | 
|  | 59 | Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using | 
|  | 60 | the PowerTec SCSI drive. | 
|  | 61 |  | 
|  | 62 | config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | default y if ARCH_ACORN | 
| Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | help | 
|  | 67 | Once upon a time, there was a native Unix port for the Acorn series | 
|  | 68 | of machines called RISCiX.  If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able | 
|  | 69 | to read disks partitioned under RISCiX. | 
|  | 70 |  | 
|  | 71 | config OSF_PARTITION | 
|  | 72 | bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
|  | 73 | default y if ALPHA | 
|  | 74 | help | 
|  | 75 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | 
|  | 76 | were partitioned on an Alpha machine. | 
|  | 77 |  | 
|  | 78 | config AMIGA_PARTITION | 
|  | 79 | bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
|  | 80 | default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y) | 
|  | 81 | help | 
|  | 82 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | 
|  | 83 | were partitioned under AmigaOS. | 
|  | 84 |  | 
|  | 85 | config ATARI_PARTITION | 
|  | 86 | bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
|  | 87 | default y if ATARI | 
|  | 88 | help | 
|  | 89 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | 
|  | 90 | were partitioned under the Atari OS. | 
|  | 91 |  | 
|  | 92 | config IBM_PARTITION | 
|  | 93 | bool "IBM disk label and partition support" | 
| Martin Schwidefsky | 347a8dc | 2006-01-06 00:19:28 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | help | 
|  | 96 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | 
|  | 97 | partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS. | 
|  | 98 | Otherwise, say N. | 
|  | 99 |  | 
|  | 100 | config MAC_PARTITION | 
|  | 101 | bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
| Olaf Hering | cfa224e | 2006-07-30 03:03:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 102 | default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC) | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | help | 
|  | 104 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | 
|  | 105 | were partitioned on a Macintosh. | 
|  | 106 |  | 
|  | 107 | config MSDOS_PARTITION | 
|  | 108 | bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
|  | 109 | default y | 
|  | 110 | help | 
|  | 111 | Say Y here. | 
|  | 112 |  | 
|  | 113 | config BSD_DISKLABEL | 
|  | 114 | bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support" | 
|  | 115 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | 
|  | 116 | help | 
|  | 117 | FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It | 
|  | 118 | requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk | 
|  | 119 | and manages it similarly to DOS extended partitions, putting in its | 
|  | 120 | first sector a new partition table in BSD disklabel format. Saying Y | 
|  | 121 | here allows you to read these disklabels and further mount FreeBSD | 
|  | 122 | partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS | 
|  | 123 | file system support", above. If you don't know what all this is | 
|  | 124 | about, say N. | 
|  | 125 |  | 
|  | 126 | config MINIX_SUBPARTITION | 
|  | 127 | bool "Minix subpartition support" | 
|  | 128 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | 
|  | 129 | help | 
|  | 130 | Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table support for Linux. | 
|  | 131 | Say Y here if you want to mount and use Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 | 
|  | 132 | subpartitions. | 
|  | 133 |  | 
|  | 134 | config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION | 
|  | 135 | bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support" | 
|  | 136 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | 
|  | 137 | help | 
|  | 138 | Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition | 
|  | 139 | table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you | 
|  | 140 | to read these partition tables and further mount Solaris x86 | 
|  | 141 | partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS | 
|  | 142 | file system support", above. | 
|  | 143 |  | 
|  | 144 | config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL | 
|  | 145 | bool "Unixware slices support" | 
|  | 146 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION | 
|  | 147 | ---help--- | 
|  | 148 | Like some systems, UnixWare uses its own slice table inside a | 
|  | 149 | partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of Contents). Its format is | 
|  | 150 | incompatible with all other OSes. Saying Y here allows you to read | 
|  | 151 | VTOC and further mount UnixWare partitions read-only from within | 
|  | 152 | Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support" or | 
|  | 153 | "System V and Coherent file system support", above. | 
|  | 154 |  | 
|  | 155 | This is mainly used to carry data from a UnixWare box to your | 
|  | 156 | Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical, ZIP or | 
|  | 157 | removable IDE drives. Note, however, that a good portable way to | 
|  | 158 | transport files and directories between unixes (and even other | 
|  | 159 | operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man tar" or | 
|  | 160 | preferably "info tar"). | 
|  | 161 |  | 
|  | 162 | If you don't know what all this is about, say N. | 
|  | 163 |  | 
|  | 164 | config LDM_PARTITION | 
|  | 165 | bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support" | 
|  | 166 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
|  | 167 | ---help--- | 
|  | 168 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | 
|  | 169 | were partitioned using Windows 2000's or XP's Logical Disk Manager. | 
|  | 170 | They are also known as "Dynamic Disks". | 
|  | 171 |  | 
|  | 172 | Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around | 
|  | 173 | the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme.  The Logical Disk | 
|  | 174 | Manager allows the user to repartition a disk and create spanned, | 
|  | 175 | mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for | 
|  | 176 | rebooting. | 
|  | 177 |  | 
|  | 178 | Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000 and | 
|  | 179 | XP. | 
|  | 180 |  | 
|  | 181 | For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/ldm.txt>. | 
|  | 182 |  | 
|  | 183 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 184 |  | 
|  | 185 | config LDM_DEBUG | 
|  | 186 | bool "Windows LDM extra logging" | 
|  | 187 | depends on LDM_PARTITION | 
|  | 188 | help | 
|  | 189 | Say Y here if you would like LDM to log verbosely.  This could be | 
|  | 190 | helpful if the driver doesn't work as expected and you'd like to | 
|  | 191 | report a bug. | 
|  | 192 |  | 
|  | 193 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 194 |  | 
|  | 195 | config SGI_PARTITION | 
|  | 196 | bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
| Thomas Bogendoerfer | 14b36af | 2006-12-05 17:05:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame^] | 197 | default y if (SGI_IP22 || SGI_IP27 || ((MACH_JAZZ || SNI_RM) && !CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)) | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | help | 
|  | 199 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | 
|  | 200 | partition table format used by SGI machines. | 
|  | 201 |  | 
|  | 202 | config ULTRIX_PARTITION | 
|  | 203 | bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
|  | 204 | default y if MACH_DECSTATION | 
|  | 205 | help | 
|  | 206 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk | 
|  | 207 | partition table format used by DEC (now Compaq) Ultrix machines. | 
|  | 208 | Otherwise, say N. | 
|  | 209 |  | 
|  | 210 | config SUN_PARTITION | 
|  | 211 | bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
| Adrian Bunk | 0b57ee9 | 2005-12-22 21:03:47 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 212 | default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X) | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 213 | ---help--- | 
|  | 214 | Like most systems, SunOS uses its own hard disk partition table | 
|  | 215 | format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you to | 
|  | 216 | read these partition tables and further mount SunOS partitions from | 
|  | 217 | within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support", | 
|  | 218 | above. This is mainly used to carry data from a SPARC under SunOS to | 
|  | 219 | your Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical or ZIP | 
|  | 220 | drives; note however that a good portable way to transport files and | 
|  | 221 | directories between unixes (and even other operating systems) is | 
|  | 222 | given by the tar program ("man tar" or preferably "info tar"). If | 
|  | 223 | you don't know what all this is about, say N. | 
|  | 224 |  | 
| Bob Copeland | 0e6e1db | 2006-01-16 22:14:20 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | config KARMA_PARTITION | 
|  | 226 | bool "Karma Partition support" | 
|  | 227 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
|  | 228 | help | 
|  | 229 | Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it | 
|  | 230 | uses a proprietary partition table. | 
|  | 231 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 232 | config EFI_PARTITION | 
|  | 233 | bool "EFI GUID Partition support" | 
|  | 234 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED | 
|  | 235 | select CRC32 | 
|  | 236 | help | 
|  | 237 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which | 
|  | 238 | were partitioned using EFI GPT.  Presently only useful on the | 
|  | 239 | IA-64 platform. |