Re: partition table type
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jeffry s wrote:
> i am also wondering what all those partition type mean. can anyone point
> any
> documentation about
> the difference of amiga, bsd, dvh, gpt, mac, msdos, pc98, s390,
> sun, loop?
It's just a different format of how the start of your hard disk is
organized. I don't know about particular differences.
If you can't find it on google, it is probably so obscure that you won't
ever need it. Look at the article in wikipedia on partition types.
You only need a different partition type than the default, if you have
an other OS on the same hard disk that doesn't understand the default
msdos. You should check the documentation of all your other OSes to find
a partition type that is supported by all of them.
It's good to know that debian also supports obscure stuff :-)
Johannes
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