From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3965D1D8.C7B9F28E@amulet.co.jp> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 21:49:28 +0900 From: Hollis Blanchard MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Iain Sandoe CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: RFC: Changing default partition type for linux/ppc References: <200007071125.MAA02302@hyperion.valhalla.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Iain Sandoe wrote: > > > Currently, the default partition type used by Linux/PPC on mac partition > > maps is Apple_UNIX_SVR2. This is historically the type used by Apple's A/ > > UX for its own partitions. However, I don't like it since it gives no > > indication on the type of filesystem on the partition, and I see no > > reason to keep it. [snip] > What chance of getting Apple to support this move? I would estimate the odds are somewhere between slim and none. Feel free to email leadership@apple.com. Of course I think we all know it's not that important either. Drive Setup's Linux support came a few years late, and still is lacking a bit. With Apple's new interest in Unix it's possible they might care (but also possible that they'd have no interest in interoperating with inferior Unices ;). Of course, I imagine they're pretty busy with their own Unix - not much time to worry about working with other people's. > > So I suggest moving to Linux_ext2, Linux_swap, or maybe simply Linux and > > Linux_swap (since ext2 is not the only filesystem Linux may put on > > these). Using a different type for swap would help avoiding confusion. I think "Linux" and "Linux_swap" would be a good idea, especially since some ext2 alternatives seem to be getting closer. > What prospect of sharing swap space between MacOS X and linux in dual/multi > boot machines? I don't know the details, but I know that you must run mkswap on a new swap partition. Since I don't imagine any particular effort has been put in to keeping Linux and BSD mkswap's compatible, I doubt it would be possible. -Hollis ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/