Re: [aclug-L] Which partition number on Jaz disks?

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Bates, Rod" <Rod.Bates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Jaz disks come preformatted with partition 4 as the
> only partition (a DOS partition).  When I set them up

This is actually due to some unusual requirements with Macs that use
Jaz disks.  You can use whatever partition you want; most people start 
with 1, but you can use whatever you want.

> with an e2fs partition,   is there any Linux convention
> about what partition number to use?  
> 
> Deciding this early can be important, because it gets
> into /etc/fstab, and consistency will save lots of time. 
> Changing it after disks
> have data on them is  impossible/hard/risky.
> 
> Rodney Bates