Re: Partition type 0x6 ?
Wolfgang "Jährling" <wolfgang@pro-linux.de> wrote:
> Hello again!
Hi there!
> I used the e2os-script to make my Debian-partition hurd-owned
> (It was mounted on / at the time when I did this - I couldn't do
> it otherwise. Does this matter?). But now GRUB says the
> type is unknown (0x6, that seems to be FAT16) but I *know* that
> it's ext2.
The owner field is not the same thing as the partition type. FAT16 is
a partition type, as is ext2 (aka Linux native). Partition types are
stored in a special table, not in the partition. The owner indicator
is a special field within an ext2 filesystem. e2os changes the owner
field. You can change the partition type using fdisk, cfdisk, etc.
It should be Linux native (0x83, I believe) for the Hurd. It is *NOT*
recommended to use the "GNU/Hurd" partition type code for ext2
partitions, because that is reserved for future Hurd-specific use.
Hope this helps
-John
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