Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
By author: Andrew Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > Apart from
> > that, the kernel couldn't care. You could set all your Ext2 partitions
> > as ID 82, your swap as ID 83 and Linux would carry on as if nothing had
> > changed.
>
> Exactly. So, for new disk labels, or whatever, we should recommend to
> the relevant hackers that we have exactly one number for Linux. Or
> what?
>
We have:
0x82 - Linux swap
0x83 - Linux filesystem
0x85 - Linux extended partition (yes, this one does matter!)
0x81 isn't Linux, but rather a Minix partition ID.
There seems to be some value in having a different value for swap. It
lets an automatic program find a partition that does not contain data.
-hpa
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