From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jan 1 15:42:40 2001 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 1 15:42:38 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-99.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C67D437B402 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 15:42:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from browning.pennasoft.com (browning [192.168.168.11]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f01NhYP48058 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:43:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:43:48 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna Sender: behanna@browning.pennasoft.com Reply-To: behanna@zbzoom.net To: FreeBSD-Stable Subject: Re: Boot ManagerQuestions In-Reply-To: <200101011737.JAA30946@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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