Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:43:48 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Boot ManagerQuestions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101011841370.10066-100000@browning.pennasoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200101011737.JAA30946@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 doug@safeport.com wrote: > > > > > [...snip of questions I leave for others...] > > > > > > Does anyone know the MS/IBM approved codes for the various types > > > > > > 6 = DOS FAT16 > > > ? = DOS FAT32 > > > > FAT32 and FAT16 are both 6. > > Wrong. 4 is DOS FAT 16 < 32mb > 6 is DOS FAT 16 > 32mb > 11 is DOS/Win9X FAT32 > 12 is DOS/Win9X FAT32 LBA (rarely actually used) When I partitioned the drive on the box that I'm using at this very minute, I gave type 6 to my DOS partitions. Those partitions currently house FAT32 filesystems. IOW, in practice, I doubt it matters if you assign 6 or 11 to a DOS partition. -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net Remove "bogus" before responding. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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