Georges Heinesch <ghmlist@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Is it mandatory that the HDToolBos Identifier for the partitions are
> as follows (INSTALL.txt):

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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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> If yes, why?

So the different partition types can be automatically found and identified
at startup.

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

BFFSFileSystem doesn't bother about what the dostype is set to, so you
just have make sure it is unique.

If you are using BFFS 1.3 (the one on Aminet) I suggest you get the 1.5
beta as it has several bugfixes and better documentation. You can find it
at ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/amiga/unix/netbsd/tools/