From: Andrew Clausen <clausen@conectiva.com.br>
To: Bryan Henderson <hbryan@us.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bug-parted@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Partition IDs in the New World TM
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:35:24 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A6DCEEC.66B15F3F@conectiva.com.br> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF5F9BE7DB.C1ADFB0E-ON872569DD.006485CC@LocalDomain>
Bryan Henderson wrote:
> Allow me to reword to what you probably meant: Have a partition
> ID that means "generic partition - check signatures within for
> details." (And then get people who develop file systems for use
> with Linux, at least, to have a policy of always using that).
OK.
> Incidentally, I just realized that the common name "partition ID"
> for this value is quite a misnomer. As far as I know, it has
> never identified the partition, but rather described its contents.
Yes, "partition type ID" is better.
Andrew Clausen
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[not found] <OF5F9BE7DB.C1ADFB0E-ON872569DD.006485CC@LocalDomain>
2001-01-23 18:35 ` Andrew Clausen [this message]
2001-01-23 22:01 ` Partition IDs in the New World TM Glenn McGrath
2001-01-24 13:40 ` Andrew Clausen
2001-01-24 10:28 Andries.Brouwer
[not found] <OF03708398.46274A87-ON872569DD.005CA0DE@LocalDomain>
2001-01-23 17:08 ` Andrew Clausen
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2001-01-23 15:46 Andries.Brouwer
2001-01-22 22:55 Andries.Brouwer
2001-01-22 22:42 Andries.Brouwer
2001-01-22 17:35 ` Mark I Manning IV
2001-01-22 16:17 Andrew Clausen
2001-01-22 16:32 ` Brian Gerst
2001-01-22 16:47 ` Andrew Clausen
2001-01-22 21:39 ` Russell King
2001-01-22 22:30 ` Andrew Clausen
2001-01-22 22:42 ` Russell King
2001-01-22 23:28 ` Andrew Clausen
2001-01-22 23:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-23 4:47 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-01-23 6:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-23 19:26 ` Matt D. Robinson
2001-01-24 8:18 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-01-22 22:16 ` Glenn McGrath
2001-01-22 23:35 ` Jason Venner
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