[Coco] changing partition types using Linux

[Brett Gordon]

fdisk should work fine.

from root,  do a "fdisk" then "t".   fdisk will then prompt you for which
paritition then prompt for a hex code.  Enter "DA" of course, and don't
forget to "w" to write the final table to the MBR.  Maybe do a "p" command
before saving the MBR to see your changes.

I don't think fdisk is as sharp and pointy and Mr. Linville makes it out to
be.  Using "rm" as root is sharp and pointy.  fdisk has prompts and is
interactive, unlike most unix utilities.

Good luck Roger

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com> wrote:

> At 12:59 AM 6/21/2010, you wrote:
>
>> You might read this information. It's geared toward hard drives, but it
>> shows a sample of changing the partition type from 5 to 60 using fdisk on
>> Linux.
>>
>>
>> http://infocenter.sybase.com/help/topic/com.sybase.infocenter.dc30119.1550/doc/html/jon1243384086339.html
>>
>
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>
> I see the topic is Creating Raw Partitions.  I've already partitioned the
> memory card using Fedora's disk manger.  I just need to change the type of
> the 2nd partition to $DA.
> Maybe the 't' option in fdisk will do it.  I'll take another look tonight.
>
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