Subject: RFC: Changing default partition type for linux/ppc
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt (bh40@calva.net)
Date: Fri Jul 07 2000 - 04:59:15 MDT
Hi all !
Currently, the default partition type used by Linux/PPC on mac partition
maps is Apple_UNIX_SVR2. This is historically the type used by Apple's A/
UX for its own partitions. However, I don't like it since it gives no
indication on the type of filesystem on the partition, and I see no
reason to keep it.
So I suggest moving to Linux_ext2, Linux_swap, or maybe simply Linux and
Linux_swap (since ext2 is not the only filesystem Linux may put on
these). Using a different type for swap would help avoiding confusion.
If everyone is ok, we can then update pdisk, and on my side, I'll update
the kernel's root-auto-detect mecanism to take this into account. (The
kernel will currently find by itself a root partition if it has the above
type and the name "root" and no root= option was specified by the bootloader).
Any comments ?
Ben.
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