Hi Waldi,

> > > 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?
Oops, looking at my own code: That's just what I do!

Leo.