>>>>> "BKJ" == Brian K Jones <jonesy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: BKJ> How does one derive a valid value for 'part --type <x>' where x BKJ> is supposed to be a numerical value? XYX:temp2:~> s fdisk /dev/hde [...] l list known partition types [...] Command (m for help): l 0 Empty 1b Hidden Win95 FA 64 Novell Netware bb Boot Wizard hid 1 FAT12 1c Hidden Win95 FA 65 Novell Netware c1 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 2 XENIX root 1e Hidden Win95 FA 70 DiskSecure Mult c4 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 3 XENIX usr 24 NEC DOS 75 PC/IX c6 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 4 FAT16 <32M 39 Plan 9 80 Old Minix c7 Syrinx 5 Extended 3c PartitionMagic 81 Minix / old Lin da Non-FS data 6 FAT16 40 Venix 80286 82 Linux swap db CP/M / CTOS / . 7 HPFS/NTFS 41 PPC PReP Boot 83 Linux de Dell Utility 8 AIX 42 SFS 84 OS/2 hidden C: df BootIt 9 AIX bootable 4d QNX4.x 85 Linux extended e1 DOS access a OS/2 Boot Manag 4e QNX4.x 2nd part 86 NTFS volume set e3 DOS R/O b Win95 FAT32 4f QNX4.x 3rd part 87 NTFS volume set e4 SpeedStor c Win95 FAT32 (LB 50 OnTrack DM 8e Linux LVM eb BeOS fs e Win95 FAT16 (LB 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux 93 Amoeba ee EFI GPT f Win95 Ext'd (LB 52 CP/M 94 Amoeba BBT ef EFI (FAT-12/16/ 10 OPUS 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux 9f BSD/OS f1 SpeedStor 11 Hidden FAT12 54 OnTrackDM6 a0 IBM Thinkpad hi f4 SpeedStor 12 Compaq diagnost 55 EZ-Drive a5 BSD/386 f2 DOS secondary 14 Hidden FAT16 <3 56 Golden Bow a6 OpenBSD fd Linux raid auto 16 Hidden FAT16 5c Priam Edisk a7 NeXTSTEP fe LANstep 17 Hidden HPFS/NTF 61 SpeedStor b7 BSDI fs ff BBT 18 AST SmartSleep 63 GNU HURD or Sys b8 BSDI swap Convert to decimal and you're done. - J<
