Re: Proper partition type for components with V1.x superblocks?

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On Wednesday June 11, rabbit+list@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The subject pretty much says it all - it obviously is not 0xFD, since there is 
> nothing to autodetect. Is there some best practice/semi-standard way of 
> marking a raid component partition as such? After reading the specs 0xDA 
> (non-fs data) comes to mind, but I figured I'll ask here.
> 

I (almost) alway make arrays out of whole devices, not partitions, so
I really never thought about this.

I suspect 0xDA is safest and hence best.
I wonder if this should be suggested in the mdadm man page
anywhere.... anyone feel like creating a patch?

NeilBrown
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