Michael H. Warfield: >>> 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. Tim: >> It might be used to preselect what type of format to do to a new >> partition, by default... Mikkel L. Ellertson: > I am not sure what "It" is, but partitions are not formatted when > they are created I know that. But when it comes to formatting them later, it is possible for a tool to present you with the most obvious file system to format it as, by default, based on the partition type. If you were running a multi-boot system, or dealing with multiple types of filing systems, I'd certainly recomment preselecting the right partition types. I had a lot of fun (not) trying to format a USB flash drive. Its partition type, if you like (for something that isn't really a drive), was the obvious FAT system. If I tried a mkfs on it, Linux did try to format it as one, it didn't try and format it as EXT3. Any effort to format it as EXT3 was a fight. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
