>Number:         8438
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Kernel warns about old partition IDs even on non NetBSD partitions
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 18 12:20:02 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Wiz
>Organization:
	
>Release:        NetBSD-1.4.1/i386
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD hiro.xon.net 1.4.1 NetBSD 1.4.1 (HIRO) #0: Tue Sep 14 19:22:33 CEST 1999 wiz@hiro.xon.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/HIRO i386


>Description:
When booting, NetBSD recognizes my harddisks (one of which
contains NetBSD, another one with FreeBSD) and tells me for
the second

Sep 18 20:09:56 hiro /netbsd: WARNING: old BSD partition ID!

even though it's a FreeBSD partition, and shouldn't concern it.

I think NetBSD should only check the partition ID of its boot
partition.
>How-To-Repeat:
Create a FreeBSD partition on a second harddisk and boot NetBSD.
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: