Subject: unknown fs types
To: NetBSD/Atari mailing list <port-atari@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Waldi Ravens <waldi@moacs.indiv.nl.net>
List: port-atari
Date: 05/08/1995 14:03:08
Hi Leo,

> > could define `MX1' for minix fs, `MX2' for minix2 fs, `EX1' for ext fs
> > and `EX2' for ext2 fs (allthough none of those are currently supported
> > by NetBSD, and probably never will be). I would also suggest using `SWP'
> > for swap partitions, since there has been some discussion on those in
> > one of the Maus groups, and `SWP' seemed to be favoured by most.
>
> The 'SWP' idea looks good. As for the others, if NetBSD does not support
> the type and the partition-id is not modified it will be ok to report
> them as MSDOS.

That might be confusing. I think NetBSD `supports' the type FS_OTHER
for all "unknown" filesystem types. Wouldn't it make more sense to
use that?


Waldi