Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:17:51 +0200 From: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recent boot0 changes dropped a partition type? Message-ID: <4A47C1DF.2020908@phat.za.net> In-Reply-To: <20090628181105.GA98246@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <4A4751ED.8020002@phat.za.net> <20090628181105.GA98246@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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Hi, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > 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 From my bit of research now, it looks like types 6 and 11 should be changed. Their modern equivalents are 0xE and 0xC respectively. I think the only Redmond systems that still use 0x6 and 0xB pre-date Windows XP. I'm basing my opinions on personal experience and: http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table The only caveat I see is: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/151414 But with limited space we probably should just decide to not worry about anything older than Windows XP... Thanks, Aragonhelp
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