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From: Abbey Somebody on 18 Jun 2010 10:38
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:37:12 GMT, LSMFT <boleyn7(a)aol.com> wrote:

>Jan Kandziora wrote:
>
>> houghi schrieb:
>>>
>>> Disk Label: MSDOS
>>>
>> That means the partition table itself is from the "MSDOS" type and not
>> Apple, Amiga or something similar.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Jan
>>
>
>Why isn't there a Linux or Unix type?


They only needed to delineate the oddball.
From: Abbey Somebody on 18 Jun 2010 11:09
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:36:26 -0700, Abbey Somebody
<abnormal(a)castlefrankenstein.org> wrote:

>On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:57:55 -0400, LSMFT <boleyn7(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
>>Why does Linux label /dev/sda to MSDOS?
>
>
> Linux "names" devices. It doesn't "label" them.
>
> First PATA drive = /dev/hda
>
> First SATA drive = /dev/sda
>
> It does not look at volumes when naming the device.
>
> The volumes get enumerated
>
> hda1
> hda2
> sda1
> sda2
> etc.
>
> Look here for tips about how Linux "sees" and "attaches to" hard drives
>and their volumes.
>
>http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153121

Microsoft also addresses the issue:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/gpt_faq.mspx
From: LSMFT on 18 Jun 2010 12:29
Abbey Somebody wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:57:55 -0400, LSMFT<boleyn7(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Why does Linux label /dev/sda to MSDOS?
>
>
> Linux "names" devices. It doesn't "label" them.
>
> First PATA drive = /dev/hda
>
> First SATA drive = /dev/sda
>
> It does not look at volumes when naming the device.
>
> The volumes get enumerated
>
> hda1
> hda2
> sda1
> sda2
> etc.
>
> Look here for tips about how Linux "sees" and "attaches to" hard drives
> and their volumes.
>
> http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153121

While installing Opensuse 11.3 RC1 I distinctly saw the installation
software mark the virtual drive /dev/hda as MSDOS.

--
LSMFT

I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months.
I don't like to interrupt her.
From: Abbey Somebody on 18 Jun 2010 12:35
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:06:45 +0200, houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid>
wrote:

>Abbey Somebody wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:56:12 +0200, houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid>
><snip>
>>>From what I see that is not Linux, but the manufacturor.
>>
>> Yes, but was it you that labeled them?
>
>The answer to your question should be obvious.
>
>houghi

Not by the way you framed your remark.

AFAIK, NO drive makers label their drives as they have no partition
table on them from the get-go.

So your claim is dubious, at best.
From: Archimedes' Lever on 18 Jun 2010 12:48
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:29:27 -0400, LSMFT <boleyn7(a)aol.com> wrote:

>While installing Opensuse 11.3 RC1 I distinctly saw the installation
>software mark the virtual drive /dev/hda as MSDOS.

virtual drive?

If it /dev/hda, it isn't virtual. It is physical.
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