From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 18:49:12 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77BB516A4CE; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:49:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FFE543D1F; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:49:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) j18In9XV084884; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:49:10 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j18In92k004687; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:49:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j18In9ql004686; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:49:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:49:09 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20050208184909.GA4665@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200502081328.08563.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200502081328.08563.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-OS: FreeBSD 4.11-RC2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot0 patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 18:49:12 -0000 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