On 2010/05/14 00:49 (GMT+0200) Eric Auer composed: > ...without LBA, > partitions must be in the first 1024 cyl (8 GB) of > the disk, but the "small FAT16" partition type and > FAT12 partition type are NOT available with LBA:
That probably depends on the kernel. > 01 FAT12 (not recommended for harddisk) Not uncommonly I create these, and anywhere on disk I please, but usually as placeholders for kernels that expect or require some particular partition(s) to be in some particular logical order on disk that isn't practical or possible unless "placeholder" or "dummy" partitions are placed only or primarily for that purpose. Sometimes I'll make an 01 or 11 primary in order to reserve the place on disk for a boot manager that requires its own partition. > 04 FAT16 SMALL (max 32 MB, not recommended for harddisk) When disks were 100M or less, this was the type I depended on. This and 16B of sizes between 16M and 128M produce least cluster overhang waste. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
