1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 <<
2 # 1 #
3 # Partition configuration 2 # Partition configuration
4 # 3 #
5 menu "Partition Types" <<
6 <<
7 config PARTITION_ADVANCED 4 config PARTITION_ADVANCED
8 bool "Advanced partition selection" 5 bool "Advanced partition selection"
9 help 6 help
10 Say Y here if you would like to use 7 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
11 were partitioned under an operating 8 were partitioned under an operating system running on a different
12 architecture than your Linux system. 9 architecture than your Linux system.
13 10
14 Note that the answer to this questio 11 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
15 kernel: saying N will just cause the 12 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
16 the questions about foreign partitio 13 the questions about foreign partitioning schemes.
17 14
18 If unsure, say N. 15 If unsure, say N.
19 16
20 config ACORN_PARTITION 17 config ACORN_PARTITION
21 bool "Acorn partition support" if PART 18 bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
22 default y if ARCH_ACORN 19 default y if ARCH_ACORN
23 help 20 help
24 Support hard disks partitioned under 21 Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems.
25 22
26 config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA 23 config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA
27 bool "Cumana partition support" if PAR 24 bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
28 default y if ARCH_ACORN 25 default y if ARCH_ACORN
29 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 26 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
30 help 27 help
31 Say Y here if you would like to use 28 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
32 were partitioned using the Cumana in 29 were partitioned using the Cumana interface on Acorn machines.
33 30
34 config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX 31 config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX
35 bool "EESOX partition support" if PART 32 bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
36 default y if ARCH_ACORN 33 default y if ARCH_ACORN
37 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 34 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
38 35
39 config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS 36 config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS
40 bool "ICS partition support" if PARTIT 37 bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
41 default y if ARCH_ACORN 38 default y if ARCH_ACORN
42 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 39 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
43 help 40 help
44 Say Y here if you would like to use 41 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
45 were partitioned using the ICS inter 42 were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines.
46 43
47 config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS 44 config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS
48 bool "Native filecore partition suppor 45 bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
49 default y if ARCH_ACORN 46 default y if ARCH_ACORN
50 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 47 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
51 help 48 help
52 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the 49 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
53 RiscOS operating system which runs o 50 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
54 systems and the Acorn Archimedes ran 51 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say
55 `Y' here, Linux will support disk pa 52 `Y' here, Linux will support disk partitions created under ADFS.
56 53
57 config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC 54 config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC
58 bool "PowerTec partition support" if P 55 bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
59 default y if ARCH_ACORN 56 default y if ARCH_ACORN
60 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 57 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
61 help 58 help
62 Support reading partition tables cre 59 Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using
63 the PowerTec SCSI drive. 60 the PowerTec SCSI drive.
64 61
65 config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX 62 config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX
66 bool "RISCiX partition support" if PAR 63 bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
67 default y if ARCH_ACORN 64 default y if ARCH_ACORN
68 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 65 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
69 help 66 help
70 Once upon a time, there was a native 67 Once upon a time, there was a native Unix port for the Acorn series
71 of machines called RISCiX. If you s 68 of machines called RISCiX. If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able
72 to read disks partitioned under RISC 69 to read disks partitioned under RISCiX.
73 70
74 config AIX_PARTITION <<
75 bool "AIX basic partition table suppor <<
76 help <<
77 Say Y here if you would like to be a <<
78 partition table format used by IBM o <<
79 running AIX. AIX actually uses a Lo <<
80 "logical volumes" can be spread acro <<
81 but this driver works only for the s <<
82 are contiguous. <<
83 Otherwise, say N. <<
84 <<
85 config OSF_PARTITION 71 config OSF_PARTITION
86 bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if 72 bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
87 default y if ALPHA 73 default y if ALPHA
88 help 74 help
89 Say Y here if you would like to use 75 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
90 were partitioned on an Alpha machine 76 were partitioned on an Alpha machine.
91 77
92 config AMIGA_PARTITION 78 config AMIGA_PARTITION
93 bool "Amiga partition table support" i 79 bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
94 default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y) 80 default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y)
95 help 81 help
96 Say Y here if you would like to use 82 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
97 were partitioned under AmigaOS. 83 were partitioned under AmigaOS.
98 84
99 config ATARI_PARTITION 85 config ATARI_PARTITION
100 bool "Atari partition table support" i 86 bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
101 default y if ATARI 87 default y if ATARI
102 help 88 help
103 Say Y here if you would like to use 89 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
104 were partitioned under the Atari OS. 90 were partitioned under the Atari OS.
105 91
106 config IBM_PARTITION 92 config IBM_PARTITION
107 bool "IBM disk label and partition sup 93 bool "IBM disk label and partition support"
108 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390 94 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390
109 help 95 help
110 Say Y here if you would like to be a 96 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
111 partition table format used by IBM D 97 partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS.
112 Otherwise, say N. 98 Otherwise, say N.
113 99
114 config MAC_PARTITION 100 config MAC_PARTITION
115 bool "Macintosh partition map support" 101 bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
116 default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC) 102 default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC)
117 help 103 help
118 Say Y here if you would like to use 104 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
119 were partitioned on a Macintosh. 105 were partitioned on a Macintosh.
120 106
121 config MSDOS_PARTITION 107 config MSDOS_PARTITION
122 bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) 108 bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
123 default y 109 default y
124 help 110 help
125 Say Y here. 111 Say Y here.
126 112
127 config BSD_DISKLABEL 113 config BSD_DISKLABEL
128 bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition 114 bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support"
129 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS 115 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
130 help 116 help
131 FreeBSD uses its own hard disk parti 117 FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It
132 requires only one entry in the prima 118 requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk
133 and manages it similarly to DOS exte 119 and manages it similarly to DOS extended partitions, putting in its
134 first sector a new partition table i 120 first sector a new partition table in BSD disklabel format. Saying Y
135 here allows you to read these diskla 121 here allows you to read these disklabels and further mount FreeBSD
136 partitions from within Linux if you 122 partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS
137 file system support", above. If you 123 file system support", above. If you don't know what all this is
138 about, say N. 124 about, say N.
139 125
140 config MINIX_SUBPARTITION 126 config MINIX_SUBPARTITION
141 bool "Minix subpartition support" 127 bool "Minix subpartition support"
142 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS 128 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
143 help 129 help
144 Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table 130 Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table support for Linux.
145 Say Y here if you want to mount and 131 Say Y here if you want to mount and use Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2
146 subpartitions. 132 subpartitions.
147 133
148 config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION 134 config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION
149 bool "Solaris (x86) partition table su 135 bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support"
150 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS 136 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
151 help 137 help
152 Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses 138 Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition
153 table format, incompatible with all 139 table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you
154 to read these partition tables and f 140 to read these partition tables and further mount Solaris x86
155 partitions from within Linux if you 141 partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS
156 file system support", above. 142 file system support", above.
157 143
158 config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL 144 config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL
159 bool "Unixware slices support" 145 bool "Unixware slices support"
160 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS 146 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
161 help !! 147 ---help---
162 Like some systems, UnixWare uses its 148 Like some systems, UnixWare uses its own slice table inside a
163 partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of C 149 partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of Contents). Its format is
164 incompatible with all other OSes. Sa 150 incompatible with all other OSes. Saying Y here allows you to read
165 VTOC and further mount UnixWare part 151 VTOC and further mount UnixWare partitions read-only from within
166 Linux if you have also said Y to "UF 152 Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support" or
167 "System V and Coherent file system s 153 "System V and Coherent file system support", above.
168 154
169 This is mainly used to carry data fr 155 This is mainly used to carry data from a UnixWare box to your
170 Linux box via a removable medium lik 156 Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical, ZIP or
171 removable IDE drives. Note, however, 157 removable IDE drives. Note, however, that a good portable way to
172 transport files and directories betw 158 transport files and directories between unixes (and even other
173 operating systems) is given by the t 159 operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man tar" or
174 preferably "info tar"). 160 preferably "info tar").
175 161
176 If you don't know what all this is a 162 If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
177 163
178 config LDM_PARTITION 164 config LDM_PARTITION
179 bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dy 165 bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support"
180 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED 166 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
181 help !! 167 ---help---
182 Say Y here if you would like to use 168 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
183 were partitioned using Windows 2000' 169 were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk
184 Manager. They are also known as "Dy 170 Manager. They are also known as "Dynamic Disks".
185 171
186 Note this driver only supports Dynam 172 Note this driver only supports Dynamic Disks with a protective MBR
187 label, i.e. DOS partition table. It 173 label, i.e. DOS partition table. It does not support GPT labelled
188 Dynamic Disks yet as can be created 174 Dynamic Disks yet as can be created with Vista.
189 175
190 Windows 2000 introduced the concept 176 Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around
191 the limitations of the PC's partitio 177 the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk
192 Manager allows the user to repartiti 178 Manager allows the user to repartition a disk and create spanned,
193 mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, a 179 mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for
194 rebooting. 180 rebooting.
195 181
196 Normal partitions are now called Bas 182 Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP,
197 and Vista. 183 and Vista.
198 184
199 For a fuller description read <file: !! 185 For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/ldm.txt>.
200 186
201 If unsure, say N. 187 If unsure, say N.
202 188
203 config LDM_DEBUG 189 config LDM_DEBUG
204 bool "Windows LDM extra logging" 190 bool "Windows LDM extra logging"
205 depends on LDM_PARTITION 191 depends on LDM_PARTITION
206 help 192 help
207 Say Y here if you would like LDM to 193 Say Y here if you would like LDM to log verbosely. This could be
208 helpful if the driver doesn't work a 194 helpful if the driver doesn't work as expected and you'd like to
209 report a bug. 195 report a bug.
210 196
211 If unsure, say N. 197 If unsure, say N.
212 198
213 config SGI_PARTITION 199 config SGI_PARTITION
214 bool "SGI partition support" if PARTIT 200 bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
215 default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION 201 default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION
216 help 202 help
217 Say Y here if you would like to be a 203 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
218 partition table format used by SGI m 204 partition table format used by SGI machines.
219 205
220 config ULTRIX_PARTITION 206 config ULTRIX_PARTITION
221 bool "Ultrix partition table support" 207 bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
222 default y if MACH_DECSTATION 208 default y if MACH_DECSTATION
223 help 209 help
224 Say Y here if you would like to be a 210 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
225 partition table format used by DEC ( 211 partition table format used by DEC (now Compaq) Ultrix machines.
226 Otherwise, say N. 212 Otherwise, say N.
227 213
228 config SUN_PARTITION 214 config SUN_PARTITION
229 bool "Sun partition tables support" if 215 bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
230 default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X) 216 default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X)
231 help !! 217 ---help---
232 Like most systems, SunOS uses its ow 218 Like most systems, SunOS uses its own hard disk partition table
233 format, incompatible with all others 219 format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you to
234 read these partition tables and furt 220 read these partition tables and further mount SunOS partitions from
235 within Linux if you have also said Y 221 within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support",
236 above. This is mainly used to carry 222 above. This is mainly used to carry data from a SPARC under SunOS to
237 your Linux box via a removable mediu 223 your Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical or ZIP
238 drives; note however that a good por 224 drives; note however that a good portable way to transport files and
239 directories between unixes (and even 225 directories between unixes (and even other operating systems) is
240 given by the tar program ("man tar" 226 given by the tar program ("man tar" or preferably "info tar"). If
241 you don't know what all this is abou 227 you don't know what all this is about, say N.
242 228
243 config KARMA_PARTITION 229 config KARMA_PARTITION
244 bool "Karma Partition support" 230 bool "Karma Partition support"
245 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED 231 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
246 help 232 help
247 Say Y here if you would like to moun 233 Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it
248 uses a proprietary partition table. 234 uses a proprietary partition table.
249 235
250 config EFI_PARTITION 236 config EFI_PARTITION
251 bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if P 237 bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
252 default y 238 default y
253 select CRC32 239 select CRC32
254 help 240 help
255 Say Y here if you would like to use 241 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
256 were partitioned using EFI GPT. 242 were partitioned using EFI GPT.
257 243
258 config SYSV68_PARTITION 244 config SYSV68_PARTITION
259 bool "SYSV68 partition table support" 245 bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
260 default y if VME 246 default y if VME
261 help 247 help
262 Say Y here if you would like to be a 248 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
263 partition table format used by Motor 249 partition table format used by Motorola Delta machines (using
264 sysv68). 250 sysv68).
265 Otherwise, say N. 251 Otherwise, say N.
266 <<
267 config CMDLINE_PARTITION <<
268 bool "Command line partition support" <<
269 help <<
270 Say Y here if you want to read the p <<
271 The format for the command line is j <<
272 <<
273 endmenu <<
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