On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 04:33:28PM +0200, Georges Heinesch wrote:
> Is it mandatory that the HDToolBos Identifier for the partitions are
> as follows (INSTALL.txt):

yes. Thats why this:

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> 
>      o   Set the dostype to one of these three choices:
> 
>                root partition  : 0x4e425207
>                swap partition  : 0x4e425301
>                other partitions: 0x4e425507
> 
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is in install.text.

> If yes, why?

sys/arch/amiga/amiga/disksubr.c

> I'm just about to experiment with the BFFS, which doesn't want to
> mount properly the partitions.

Maybe because it didn't follow the last few years of BSD file system
development? (Just guessing).