From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 28 18:05:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 999D21065672 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:05:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luigi@onelab2.iet.unipi.it) Received: from onelab2.iet.unipi.it (onelab2.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6183C8FC14 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:05:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luigi@onelab2.iet.unipi.it) Received: by onelab2.iet.unipi.it (Postfix, from userid 275) id 4A4C0730A1; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:11:05 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:11:05 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo To: Aragon Gouveia Message-ID: <20090628181105.GA98246@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <4A4751ED.8020002@phat.za.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A4751ED.8020002@phat.za.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recent boot0 changes dropped a partition type? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:05:34 -0000 On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 01:20:13PM +0200, Aragon Gouveia wrote: > Hi, > > I recently installed 8.0 from the June snapshot ISO. I noticed that the > new boot0 code has had partition type 0xc removed as a recognised > partition type. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0.S.diff?r1=1.21;r2=1.22;f=h > > That ID is used by FAT32 partitions so in my case I'm getting a "?" on > my Windows partition. If it was removed to save space, I think 0xb > would be more appropriate for removal - it is the non-LBA equivalent of > 0xc and I don't think any modern Windows partitioner sets it anymore. yes it was removed to save space, i am more than happy to replace 0xb with 0xc if the latter turns out to be more popular. So far we have the following (all the rest is basically commented out because we need space for other stuff): 131 linux 165 FreeBSD 166 [Open]BSD 169 [Net]BSD 6 Win [FAT16 >= 32MB] 7 Win [NTFS] 11 Win [FAT32] Suggestions for replacements are welcome cheers luigi