From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3965E562.2322340E@crf.canon.fr> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 16:12:50 +0200 From: Eric Valette MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, yellowdog-devel@lists.yellowdoglinux.com Subject: Re: RFC: Changing default partition type for linux/ppc References: <20000707105915.30418@mailhost.mipsys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > Hi all ! > > 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. > > 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. > > If everyone is ok, we can then update pdisk, and on my side, I'll update > the kernel's root-auto-detect mecanism to take this into account. (The > kernel will currently find by itself a root partition if it has the above > type and the name "root" and no root= option was specified by the bootloader). > > Any comments ? Do not forget Prep Machines that have already a specific type of partition that is already recognised by cfdisk... -- __ / ` Eric Valette - Canon CRF /-- __ o _. Canon Development Europe Team Leader (___, / (_(_(__ Rue de la touche lambert 35517 Cesson-Sevigne Cedex FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)2 99 87 68 91 Fax: +33 (0)2 99 84 11 30 E-mail: valette@crf.canon.fr http://www.crf.canon.fr ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/