On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 09:42:14AM -0400, G. Matthew Rice wrote: > I'll add it (there's no problem adding details like this). > > Any comment on the 0xDA type, though? From the mdadm manpage: > > http://linux.die.net/man/8/mdadm > > When creating a partition based array, using *mdadm* with version-1.x > metadata, the partition type should be set to *0xDA* (non fs-data). This > type selection allows for greater precision since using any other [RAID > auto-detect (0xFD) or a GNU/Linux partition (0x83)], might create problems > in the event of array recovery through a live cdrom. > > Has anyone ever used anything but 0xFD?
Not that I know of. Of course the main purpose of the type is to make sure windows stays away from it. Linux really doesn't care what it is set to in general. -- Len Sorensen _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
