Re: OS/2 HPFS File System - Is this a Bug?
Daniel Lynes wrote:
>
> On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:42:13 -0400, Jim Worthington wrote:
>
> > /dev/sda5 id 7 OS/2 HPFS
> > /dev/hda2 id 17 Unknown
>
> >The Unknown partition type (id 17) was created by OS/2 Warp fdisk during
> >the installation process. It is also a primary partition.
>
> I haven't experienced this myself, so this would lead me to believe one
> of
> the following:
>
> /dev/hda2 is:
>
> 1. A primary partition (rather than an extended logical.)
> 2. Is using HPFS386 (do you have Warp, or Warp Connect installed?)
The ID17 partition is a primary partition - Why would this matter?
I did make the observation, however, that the primary HPFS partition's
id = 17 and the extended HPFS partition's id = 7.
I'm running OS/2 3.0x (Warp) with a few fixes added.
Jim <jworthington@worldnet.att.net>
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