Re: RFC: Changing default partition type for linux/ppc

Michael Schmitz wrote:

quoted

Well, they don't at this point. For example in partitioning tool in
LinuxPPC 2000, LinuxPPC Inc decided it would be better to use the type
"Linux_PPC". This works (in that nothing gets overwritten, corrupted,
etc) but has the disadvantage that no other software knows anything
about that type.

So can we get all distributions to agree on this partition type scheme?

[snip]

LinuxPPC 1999 used the same type, and I think the 2000 change is a bad
thing. What are YellowDog and SuSE using?

I agree. So far the Linux "standard" has been to pretend to be A/UX
partitions. To my knowledge, every distribution with the exception of
LinuxPPC 2000 uses Apple_UNIX_SVR2. (And I'm not sure that alteration
was especially well thought out.)

Benh: are you maintaining the official version of pdisk now?

That would be Eryk Vershen [off-list ref], who recently resurfaced in
February
(http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-user/200002/msg01471.html).



So now that the conversation's died down, it seems like everybody's
happy with "Linux" (Mark Hatle's suggestion was for "Linux_*") and
"Linux_swap".

-Hollis

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