> I faintly remember Linux also knows names for partitions but I think
> they use some random strings which are not suitable for humans to
> remember.

If it put an identifier for the partition in the bpb (bytes 3-0x25
of sector 0 of the partition) that would also stop it being
totally confused when extended partitions get added or deleted.

(A little digging later)
The format of sector 0 of a partition for dos/windows is described
in the sys/msdosfs/bpb.h and bootsect.h.  The size (and layout)
changed between dos3.3 and dos 5.0.  netbsd's boot code pays
lip-service to the dos3.3 format.

Anyone fancy dumping the first sector of each partition on
a linux system to see what format it uss?

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk