From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:65250 "EHLO cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754595Ab3K0UJA (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:09:00 -0500 Message-ID: <5296515A.1070505@ubuntu.com> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:08:58 -0500 From: Phillip Susi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Curtis Gedak , Karel Zak CC: Marc MERLIN , util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Severe fdisk problem leading to data loss? References: <20131118102051.GA31813@merlins.org> <20131124135226.GH11389@merlins.org> <20131125103124.GQ5572@x2.net.home> <529605B7.3020903@ubuntu.com> <20131127145840.GB32483@x2.net.home> <52963910.60800@ubuntu.com> <52964ED3.8030504@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52964ED3.8030504@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/27/2013 2:58 PM, Curtis Gedak wrote: > Unfortunately at least one company produces devices that have > partitions with ID set to 0, yet these same partitions contain > data. > > An Apple iPod Shuffle is such an example as shown in the following > fdisk output: Wow, what is in there? And more hilariously, what happens when you plug the thing into a Windows machine and try to create a partition in the "free space"? Also, I thought iPods don't use the USB MASS STORAGE protocol so they don't show up as a block device at all; you have to use iTunes to access them. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSllFaAAoJEI5FoCIzSKrw+lQIAKl7REeobwpPHtZrxbQztb67 SdgQScZUPy93Mi6qsnW4n6v090iIceo+g1HYnVLzzevNPAcJJRYQ1ZdKhpzgEPZe OQFN8m1WnAKogCa1WsbAPtAKgDDaZnlLhAM3XVT4S2Yz5QZkx8EV5lVvTazo2w9X ZhtpO1c8kvqr9P7y9EcDWnOiWWJRaXsUbqzsQ6GdtG+NtobDsheMPC8zsa0nWPn7 gjBMYWHuaVxJTuGQo2yyRPovpOOIxNYrd9fBTybI4np18a6dFD2cxPnipS/CwBPr B4n5/YWKVf3M1jXZYPlUdlWrZVifCrO0NOkJ+/nlzIa/q71xRsGV/DhKbutA/Kg= =7API -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----