From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:36:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:35:59 -0500 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:30478 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:35:43 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Partition IDs in the New World TM Date: 22 Jan 2001 15:35:14 -0800 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: <94ig3i$4lg$1@cesium.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <200101222139.f0MLd8r01730@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <3A6CB49E.75B8937D@conectiva.com.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: <3A6CB49E.75B8937D@conectiva.com.br> By author: Andrew Clausen 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 -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/