On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 11:02:15PM -0400, Rob Sherwood wrote: > I agree that I can change it without problem (well, I have to unmount > it and stop the really long process that's using this disk, which is > why I'm avoiding it), but the question is what does it really affect?
I've changed it hot. It might not take effect until the next reboot, but it shouldn't harm your data. The partition type flag is not part of the normally accessed space on the disk. Note well that "it worked for me" doesn't mean that your computer won't explode when you try it. I could see how a very stupid system recovery program (grub's undelete mode, some of the more useless disk recovery live-CDs, etc.) might do totally the wrong thing when the partition type is wrong. Ben -- Ben Stern UNIX & Networks Monkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] This post does not represent FTI, even if I claim it does. Neener neener. UM Linux Users' Group Electromagnetic Networks Microbrew Software
