[TriLUG] setting the partition type?

Chris Merrill cmerrill at nc.rr.com
Fri Dec 28 10:06:35 EST 2001


Thanks...I knew I'd seen that table of partition types somewhere...
just couldn't remember where!  I guess with all my years in the 
DOS/Windows world I mentally associate fdisk with DOS...and 
always forget there is an equivalent in Linux.

Tom Bryan said:
> Try fdisk?  It appears to know about partition type a0.
>
>  0  Empty           1b  Hidden Win95 FA 63  GNU HURD or Sys b7  BSDI fs
>  .     .             .         .         .         .         .      .
>  .     .             .         .         .         .         .      .
>  .     .             .         .         .         .         .      .
> 12  Compaq diagnost 55  EZ-Drive        a0  IBM Thinkpad hi f2  DOS

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