Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:49:09 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot0 patch Message-ID: <20050208184909.GA4665@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200502081328.08563.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <xzpy8dzfol5.fsf@dwp.des.no> <200502081328.08563.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 01:28:08PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote.. > On Tuesday 08 February 2005 03:22 am, Dag-Erling Smørgrav 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... You could identify it as FAT iso DOS. Catches both. > Go for it. I think boot0ext does recognize it as Windows or some such FWIW. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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