partition types
Following is an exhaustive list of partition types as of May 2001 (data courtesy Powerquest):
00 unknown type or empty
01 12-bit FAT
02 XENIX root file system
03 XENIX /usr file system (obsolete)
04 16-bit FAT, partition <32 MB
05 Extended partition or Extended volume
06 16-bit FAT, partition >=32 MB
07 Installable file system: HPFS, NTFS
08 AIX bootable partition / AIX (Linux) / SplitDrive / OS/2 (thru Version 1.3)
08 Dell partition spanning multiple drives (array) / Commodore DOS
09 AIX data partition / AIX Bootable (Linux) / Coherent filesystem
0A Coherent swap partition / OPUS / OS/2 Boot Manager
0B 32-bit FAT
0C 32-bit FAT, EXT INT 13
0E 16-bit FAT >= 32 MB, Ext INT 13
0F Extended partition, Ext INT 13
10 OPUS
11 Hidden 12-bit FAT
12 Compaq diagnostics
14 Hidden 16-bit FAT, partition <32 MB
14 Novell DOS 7.0 (result of bug in FDISK?)
16 Hidden 16-bit FAT, partition >= 32 MB
17 Hidden IFS
18 AST Windows swap file
1B Hidden 32-bit FAT
1C Hidden 32-bit FAT, Ext INT 13
1E Hidden 16-bit FAT >32 MB, Ext INT 13 (PowerQuest-specific)
24 NEC MS-DOS 3.x
3C PowerQuest Files Partition Format
3D Hidden NetWare
32 NOS - developed by Alien Internet Services
40 VENIX 80286
41 Personal RISC Boot
42 Secure File System (NOTE: Type 42 can also be Windows 2000 dynamic extended partition)
44 GoBack
50 Ontrack Disk Manager, read-only partition, FAT partition (Logical sector size varies)
51 Ontrack Disk Manager, read/writepartition, FAT partition (Logical sector size varies)
51 Novell ?
52 CP/M
52 Microport System V/386
53 Ontrack Disk Manager, write-only
54 Ontrack Disk Manager 6.0 (DDO)
55 EZ-Drive 3.05
56 Golden Bow VFeature
5C Priam EDISK
61 SpeedStor
63 GNU HURD
63 Mach, MtXinu BSD 4.2 on Mach
63 Unix Sys V/386, 386/ix
64 Novell Netware 286
64 SpeedStore
65 Novell Netware (3.11 and 4.1)
66 Novell NetWare 386
67 Novell NetWare
68 Novell NetWare
69 Novell NetWare NSS
70 DiskSecure Multi-Boot
75 PC/IX
Codes 7A to 7F are not shown in the IMB or MS lists obtained by Hale Landis
80 Minix v1.1 - 1.4a
80 Old MINIX (Linux)
81 Linux/Minix v1.4b+ / Mitac Advanced Disk Manager
82 Linux Swap partition
82 Prime
83 Linux native file system (ext2fs/xiafs)
84 OS/2 hiding type 04h partition
85 Linux Extended
86 NT Stripe Set, Volume Set?
87 NT Stripe Set, Volume Set? / HPFS FT mirrored partition
93 Amoeba file system
94 Amoeba bad block table
A5 FreeBSD/386
A7 NextStep partition
B7 BSDI file system or secondary swap
B8 BSDI swap partition or secondary file system
C0 CTOS (reported by a customer)
C1 DR-DOS 6.0 LOGIN.EXE-secured 12-bit FAT partition
C4 DR-DOS 6.0 LOGIN.EXE-secured 16-bit FAT partition
C6 DR-DOS 6.0 LOGIN.EXE-secured Huge partition
C7 Syrinx
C7 Cyrnix
C7 HPFS FT disabled mirrored partition
D8 CP/M 86
DB CP/M, Concurrent CP/M, Concurrent DOS
DB CTOS (Convergent Technologies OS)
E1 SpeedStor 12-bit FAT extended partition
E1 DOS access (Linux)
E3 SpeedStor (Norton, Linux DOS R/O)
E4 SpeedStor 16-bit FAT extended partition
EB BeOS file system
F1 SpeedStor Dimensions (Norton, Landis)
F2 DOS 3.3+ second partition
F4 SpeedStor Storage Dimensions (Norton, Landis)
FE LANstep
FF Xenix bad-block table