Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 09 May 2005 13:39:45 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Bug: 2.6.11.8 msdos.c |
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Richard B. Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 6 May 2005, Bill Davidsen wrote: > >> James Dingwall wrote:
>>> Andries' hint about changing the partition types to !0 is a fix for the >>> problem. >> >> >> What is the reason for the patch in the first place? Obviously it's >> intended to do something, or not do something bad, but what's wrong with >> a reserved partition? >> >> I looked at the rest of msdos.c and it wasn't blindingly clear what the >> original intent was. A partition type of zero is unusual, but it's not >> illegal, is it? (as in violates some standard) > > > Can't the problem be fixed by just using Linux fdisk to put in the > correct ID? Unlike MS-DOS fdisk, the Linux fdisk can modify things > without destroying everything else on the drive.
Yes, that works. My question was why a zero was considered a bad value instead of "reserved." Not that I disagree, I just don't see the reason.
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