Re: Default partition table type for non i386?

[Richard Hirst <rhirst@linuxcare.com>]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:05:48AM +0200, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Can people working on non-i386 tell how we can find the default
> partition table type.  This is necessary for the autopartitioner of
> partman to work on them and will also simplify the dialog for creation
> of new partition table.
> 
> Currently parted supports the following partition tables: 
> 
> bsd, gpt, mac, dvh, msdos, pc98, sun and amiga.

hppa/parisc uses msdos.
ia64 uses gpt.
m68k is tricky, but the vme subarchs use msdos.

Richard