SFS????

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@LoadWB
It's fine to leave the DOSType identifier as CFS/01 for normal operation, as long as you select the correct one when you partition the drive. What I don't know is whether SFS tools like the formatter and SFSSalv require the DosType to be correct according to the manual in order to work on the partition, or whether they will ignore the DOSType even if it is incorrect. Might be safest to change it anyway. (Though you will need to reformat the partition if you change the DOSType in the MBR).

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moto

[motorollin]

Piru wrote:
@motorollin

Though you will need to reformat the partition if you change the DOSType in the MBR

That is not true. As long as the dostype you change to is available, and the filesystem is compatible (this is the case here, you just change the dostype here), there is no need to reformat.

But if you already have an SFS partition and then change the DOSType identifier to something else, then a matching filesystem for the partition will not be found in the RDB. You would have to change the identifier back, or reformat it with the new one. I did this once with SFS and the partition changed to NDOS. When I changed the identifier back, it started working again.

Piru wrote:
And BTW, it's RDB not MBR.

Oops, a bit of Windows terminology slipped in there :nervous:

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moto