Re: Partition IDs in the New World TM

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Andrew Clausen wrote:
>
> Bryan Henderson wrote:
> > Incidentally, I just realized that the common name "partition ID"
> > for this value is quite a misnomer. As far as I know, it has
> > never identified the partition, but rather described its contents.
>
> Yes, "partition type ID" is better.
>

Why not call it filesystem id, thats what its usually describing

Glenn
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