Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:28:08 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: boot0 patch Message-ID: <200502081328.08563.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpy8dzfol5.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <xzpy8dzfol5.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Tuesday 08 February 2005 03:22 am, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > boot0 currently recognizes FAT partition types 0x1, 0x4, 0x6, 0xb, 0xc > and 0xe but not NTFS (type 0x7). While type 0x1 (FAT12) is used on > floppies and 0x6 (FAT16 >32M) is still in relatively common use on > hard disks, I believe 0x4 (FAT16 <32M) hasn't been in widespread use > since the late eighties. The attached patch removes 0x4 from the list > of recognized partition types in boot0 and adds 0x7 in its place. > > We still don't have room for the string "Windows", so type 0x7 is > identified as DOS, but at least it's identified... Go for it. I think boot0ext does recognize it as Windows or some such FWIW. =2D-=20 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =3D http://www.FreeBSD.org
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