Glenn McGrath wrote:
>
> 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
Not true. It may be describing LVM, RAID, or
save-ram-to-disk-for-fast-restart
Andrew Clausen
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