Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 11:09 -0400, Michael H. Warfield wrote: >> Linux really doesn't care much about the partition type. It's going >> to look for the file system signatures and, pretty much, ignore the >> partition type codes in the partition tables. > > It might be used to preselect what type of format to do to a new > partition, by default... > I am not sure what "It" is, but partitions are not formatted when they are created - you have to specify the type of formatting you want done. One thing to keep in mind - if you do not specify that you want FAT32, then mkdosfs will not create a FAT32 file system. I am not sure, but I believe this is to maintain computability with the widest range of DOS versions. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
