On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 03:08:55PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote:
> Le 24/03/2026 à 12:58, Alessandro Vesely via Dng a écrit :
> > I was never saw types indicated by numbers.  What are they?
>
> I only knew of the first 2 hex digits and never saw the two others in any
> application (fdisk, cfdisk, gparted).

I took extensive notes for installation, and this is what I found
when listing partition types. If I recall, Sarge was my first
venture away from OS/2. I downloaded a Sarge ISO and I'll to
install it on an empty drive.

> > > My question is, does the "defaults" option offered by fdisk
> > > automatically assign the type? Is the type important. Is it
> > > impotant?
> >
> > Nowadays, I guess everybody sets ext4, unless looking for adventures. 
> > Am I wrong?  Old disks still at ext2 cannot be easily upgraded...

Whats complicates things is that ext4 is a type of format and
0800 is a type of partition.


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