From: "Ángel González" <ingenit@zoho.com>
To: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
Cc: Curtis Gedak <gedakc@gmail.com>, Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>,
Marc MERLIN <marc@merlins.org>,
util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Severe fdisk problem leading to data loss?
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:02:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <529679EA.70600@zoho.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52965E84.4070101@ubuntu.com>
On 27/11/13 22:05, Phillip Susi wrote:
> So it doesn't bother the iPod if you change the id?
>
> I'm thinking parted should throw an exception noting the broken
> partition and offer to fix it by changing the id, or deleting it.
> Changing the id would have the added benefit of keeping Windows from
> overwriting it.
Even if it worked and there were no known devices needing it at 0, it
should be optional and allow to change it back. I have already faced a
similar problem, having to jump through hoops, when restoring a
partition layout and needing to set a "partition" to id 5 (extended).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-27 23:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20131118102051.GA31813@merlins.org>
2013-11-24 13:52 ` Severe fdisk problem leading to data loss? Marc MERLIN
2013-11-25 10:31 ` Karel Zak
2013-11-25 11:59 ` Marc MERLIN
2013-11-27 14:46 ` Phillip Susi
2013-11-27 14:58 ` Karel Zak
2013-11-27 18:25 ` Phillip Susi
2013-11-27 19:58 ` Curtis Gedak
2013-11-27 20:08 ` Phillip Susi
2013-11-27 20:23 ` Curtis Gedak
2013-11-27 21:05 ` Phillip Susi
2013-11-27 21:07 ` Curtis Gedak
2013-11-27 23:02 ` Ángel González [this message]
2013-11-27 20:07 ` Karel Zak
2013-11-27 20:19 ` Phillip Susi
2013-11-27 21:09 ` Karel Zak
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