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changing system byte to linux
Name: mrunal Date: August 25, 2000 at 12:50:11 Pacific
Comment:
hi!, after partitioning with fips, it give d: type: pri dos, system : unknown. my fips document says that i should change system bytes to linux using "Linux fdisk" . but how to do that . any info its urgent.thanks
Name: Grant Date: August 25, 2000 at 14:06:21 Pacific
Reply:
run fdisk on the drive that you want. Once in fdisk, you will want it "t" to change a partition's system id, and then the partition number, and then the partityon type you wnat, you can hit l for a list of known types, or look at the list below.
0 Empty 16 Hidden FAT16 61 SpeedStor a6 OpenBSD 1 FAT12 17 Hidden HPFS/NTF 63 GNU HURD or Sys a7 NeXTSTEP 2 XENIX root 18 AST Windows swa 64 Novell Netware b7 BSDI fs 3 XENIX usr 24 NEC DOS 65 Novell Netware b8 BSDI swap 4 FAT16 <32M 3c PartitionMagic 70 DiskSecure Mult c1 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 5 Extended 40 Venix 80286 75 PC/IX c4 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 6 FAT16 41 PPC PReP Boot 80 Old Minix c6 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 7 HPFS/NTFS 42 SFS 81 Minix / old Lin c7 Syrinx 8 AIX 4d QNX4.x 82 Linux swap db CP/M / CTOS / . 9 AIX bootable 4e QNX4.x 2nd part 83 Linux e1 DOS access a OS/2 Boot Manag 4f QNX4.x 3rd part 84 OS/2 hidden C: e3 DOS R/O b Win95 FAT32 50 OnTrack DM 85 Linux extended e4 SpeedStor c Win95 FAT32 (LB 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux 86 NTFS volume set eb BeOS fs e Win95 FAT16 (LB 52 CP/M 87 NTFS volume set f1 SpeedStor f Win95 Ext'd (LB 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux 93 Amoeba f4 SpeedStor 10 OPUS 54 OnTrackDM6 94 Amoeba BBT f2 DOS secondary 11 Hidden FAT12 55 EZ-Drive a0 IBM Thinkpad hi fe LANstep 12 Compaq diagnost 56 Golden Bow a5 BSD/386 ff BBT 14 Hidden FAT16 <3 5c Priam Edisk
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Response Number 2
Name: Grant Date: August 25, 2000 at 14:16:09 Pacific
Reply:
list looks bad in last memo, so here it is reformated. -------------------------------------------NOTE: ".. ................" denotes brake in count 00 Empty 01 FAT12 02 XENIX root 03 XENIX usr 04 FAT16 <32M 05 Extended 06 FAT16 07 HPFS/NTFS 08 AIX 09 AIX bootable 0a OS/2 Boot Manag 0b Win95 FAT32 0c Win95 FAT32 (LB 0e Win95 FAT16 (LB 0f Win95 Ext'd (LB 10 OPUS 11 Hidden FAT12 12 Compaq diagnost 14 Hidden FAT16 <3 16 Hidden FAT16 17 Hidden HPFS/NTF 18 AST Windows swa .. ............... 24 NEC DOS .. ............... 3c PartitionMagic .. ............... 40 Venix 80286 41 PPC PReP Boot 42 SFS .. ................ 4d QNX4.x 4e QNX4.x 2nd part 4f QNX4.x 3rd part 50 OnTrack DM 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux 52 CP/M 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux 54 OnTrackDM6 55 EZ-Drive 56 Golden Bow .. ................ 5c Priam Edisk .. ................ 61 SpeedStor .. ................ 63 GNU HURD or Sys 64 Novell Netware 65 Novell Netware .. ................ 70 DiskSecure Mult .. ................ 75 PC/IX .. ................ 80 Old Minix 81 Minix / old Lin 82 Linux swap 83 Linux 84 OS/2 hidden C: 85 Linux extended 86 NTFS volume set 87 NTFS volume set .. ................ 93 Amoeba 94 Amoeba BBT .. ................ a0 IBM Thinkpad hi .. ................ a5 BSD/386 a6 OpenBSD a7 NeXTSTEP .. ................ b7 BSDI fs b8 BSDI swap .. ................ c1 DRDOS/sec (FAT- .. ................ c4 DRDOS/sec (FAT- .. ................ c6 DRDOS/sec (FAT- c7 Syrinx .. ................ db CP/M / CTOS / . .. ................ e1 DOS access .. ................ e3 DOS R/O e4 SpeedStor .. ................ eb BeOS fs .. ................ f1 SpeedStor f2 DOS secondary .. ................ f4 SpeedStor .. ................ fe LANstep ff BBT
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