Re: ext2 fs not properly updated upon dismount.

Philip Blundell (Philip.Blundell@pobox.com)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:55:39 +0100


>> I believe the partition type should be 82 (Linux swap).
>
>It is whatever mkswap set it to (or left it at). I don't think it's even
>used anywhere, certainly not by the kernel

Mkswap doesn't set it - only fdisk will do that. You're right that no part of
Linux uses it.

p.

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