From: Robert Juhasz (robertj@uni-paderborn.de)
Date: 04/22/93 

From: robertj@uni-paderborn.de (Robert Juhasz)
Subject: Re: ext2fs missing in fdisk
Date: 22 Apr 1993 20:41:05 GMT

YEO YEK CHONG (yeoy@a.cs.okstate.edu) wrote:
: Hello,

: This must be a FAQ, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Instructions
: say use fdisk to create Extension 2 filesystem. fdisk only has 4 types of
: partition for Linux, 80-83. Non of these are ext2fs. What's the deal?? I
: tried using Linux/Minix, but fdisk says "... unallocated sector". I used
: extfs, but fdisk say "invalid partition type" when used with mke2fs.

: Kindly direct me the relevent FAQ, or some suggestions please.

: Yek Chong

        You can use type 83 for both ext filesystems.

        Robert (robertj@uni-paderborn.de)