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DOS
Figure C-6. Disk Drive With Single Partition
In many cases, there is only a single partition spanning the entire disk, essentially duplicating the
method used before partitions. The partition table has only one entry used, and it points to the start of
the partition.
We have labeled this partition as being of the "DOS" type. Although it is only one of several possible
partition types listed in Table C-1, it is adequate for the purposes of this discussion.
Table C-1, contains a listing of some popular (and obscure) partition types, along with their hexideci-
mal numeric values.
Partition Type
Empty
DOS 12-bit FAT
XENIX root
XENIX usr
DOS 16-bit =32M
Extended
DOS 16-bit =32
!
OS/2 HPFS
AIX
AIX bootable
OS/2 Boot Manager
Win95 FAT32
Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
Win95 FAT16 (LBA)
Win95 Extended (LBA)
Venix 80286
Novell
PPC PReP Boot
GNU HURD
Novell Netware 286
Table C-1. Partition Types
C.1.3. Partitions within Partitions — An Overview of Extended Partitions
Of course, over time it became obvious that four partitions would not be enough. As disk drives
Appendix C. An Introduction to Disk Partitions
Value Partition Type
00 Novell Netware 386
01 PIC/IX
02 Old MINIX
03 Linux/MINUX
04 Linux swap
05 Linux native
06 Linux extended
07 Amoeba
08 Amoeba BBT
09 BSD/386
0a OpenBSD
0b NEXTSTEP
0c BSDI fs
0e BSDI swap
0f Syrinx
40 CP/M
51 DOS access
41 DOS R/O
63 DOS secondary
64 BBT
Value
65
75
80
81
82
83
85
93
94
a5
a6
a7
b7
b8
c7
db
e1
e3
f2
ff