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Re: [TCLUG:7146] Partition question



> oh, and the partition type needs to be type 83. to change this:

[snip fdisk stuff]

Well, it doesn't _have_ to be..  But it can get a bit confusing if you forget to
change the partition ID number and think that you're looking at an HPFS
partition when it is in fact an ext2 partition...

Other OSes care a lot more, though..

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