User's Manual

106 Appendix E:An Introduction to Disk Partitions
Partition Type Value Partition Type Value
Venix 80286 40 CP/M db
Novell 51 DOS access e1
Microport 52 DOS R/O e3
GNU HURD 63 DOS secondary f2
Novell Netware 286 64
BBT
ff
By this point, you might be wondering how all this additional complexity is normally used. See Figure
E–6, Disk Drive With Single Partition for an example.
Figure E–6 Disk Drive With Single Partition
In many cases, there is only a single partition spanning the entire disk, essentially duplicating the
method used before partitions. The partition table has only one entry used, and it points to the start of
the partition.
We have labeled this partition as being of the "DOS" type. Although it is only one of several possible
partition types listed in Table E–1, Partition Types, it is adequate for the purposes of this discussion.