>Number:         5065
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       disklabel doesn't recognize new NetBSD partition ID
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb 25 03:05:00 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dave Huang
>Organization:
Name: Dave Huang     |   Mammal, mammal / their names are called /
INet: khym@bga.com   |   they raise a paw / the bat, the cat /
FurryMUCK: Dahan     |   dolphin and dog / koala bear and hog -- TMBG
Dahan: Hani G Y+C 22 Y++ L+++ W- C++ T++ A+ E+ S++ V++ F- Q+++ P+ B+ PA+ PL++
>Release:        NetBSD-current as of February 24, 1998
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD dahan.metonymy.com 1.3D NetBSD 1.3D (SPIFF) #187: Fri Feb 20 18:32:17 CST 1998 khym@dahan.metonymy.com:/usr/src.local/sys/arch/i386/compile/SPIFF i386


>Description:
	disklabel doesn't recognize the new NetBSD partition ID (169).
When it's about to write the disklabel to a disk with an ID 169
partition, it'll ask:

disklabel: warning, DOS partition table with no valid NetBSD partition
Erase the previous contents of the disk? [n]: 

Answering "y" will erase the old partition table and create a new one
with an old ID 165 partition. Hmm... actually, it looks like it doesn't create any partition table at all? It looks like fdisk created one:

fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found
DOS partition table initialized.

fdisk puts the old partition ID in there though.

When reading the label, disklabel warns:
disklabel: warning, DOS partition table with no valid NetBSD partition

>How-To-Repeat:
	Change the partition ID of your NetBSD partition from 165 to
169. View the disklabel.

	Use fdisk or something to create a partition with ID 169.
Attempt to label the disk. Look at the partition table after writing
the label.
>Fix:
	Maybe s/DOSPTYP_386BSD/DOSPTYP_NETBSD/g. Or maybe recognize
either DOSPTYP_386BSD or DOSPTYP_NETBSD. In any case, fdisk should use
the new ID when initializing the MBR.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: