Specifications
File System Identifiers
Also known as: Partition Types
File System Identifiers
This is the most complete list I have been able to gather. When available, there is a hyperlink to a page which describes the file system format in details.
File System Identifiers
Hex Value |
Max. Size |
Description |
00h | | Partition Not Used |
01h | 2 Mb | FAT12 |
02h | | XENIX Root |
03h | | XENIX User |
04h | 32 Mb | FAT16 (CHS address mode, and partition size is less than 32 Mb) |
05h | 2 Gb | Extended Partition (CHS address mode) |
06h | 2 Gb | FAT16 (CHS address mode, and partition size is larger than 32 Mb) |
07h | 16 Eb | NTFS |
08h | | AIX |
09h | | AIX Bootable |
0Ah | | Bootmanager |
0Bh | 2 Gb | FAT32 (CHS address mode) |
0Ch | 2 Tb | FAT32 (LBA address mode) |
0Eh | 2 Gb | FAT16 (LBA address mode) |
0Fh | 2 Tb | Extended Partition (LBA address mode) |
10h | | OPUS |
12h | | CPQ Diagnostics |
14h | 2^89 bytes | Omega FS (The file system designed for the Maverick OS) |
15h | | Swap Partition |
16h | | Hidden big FAT16 (Not official I think) |
24h | | NEC MS-DOS 3.x |
40h | | VENIX 80286 |
42h | | SFS |
50h | | Disk Manager |
51h | | Novell |
52h | | CP/M |
56h | | GoldenBow |
61h | | SpeedStor |
63h | | Unix SysV386 |
64h | | Novell Netware |
65h | | Novell Netware |
75h | | PC/IX |
80h | | Old MINIX |
81h | | Linux / MINIX |
82h | | Linux Swap |
83h | | Linux Nature |
93h | | Amoeba |
94h | | Amoeba BBT |
A5h | | BSD/386 |
B7h | | BSDI file system |
B8h | | BSDI swap |
C7h | | Cyrnix |
DBh | | CP/M |
E1h | | DOS Access |
E3h | | DOS R/O |
F2h | | DOS Secondary |
F4h | | SpeedStor |
FEh | | LANstep |
FFh | | BBT |
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Conclusion
Well as stated, this is the most comprehensive list I've been able to gather. I have, among other things, used the list in the NlC Bootmanager which I've created. I think Ralf Brown also has a list of File System Identifiers, but with a quick look I wasn't able to find them.