From: Scott Moser <smoser@ubuntu.com>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPT writing of unknown partition uuids
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:56:48 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1507151055540.30147@brickies> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150715134234.GC31997@ws.net.home>
On Wed, 15 Jul 2015, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 04:16:56PM -0400, Scott Moser wrote:
> > It seems like if the user provided you with a GUID, sfdisk should trust
> > them, or at very least exit failure if it refuses to use the provided
> > GUID.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> It's bug, the "unknown" partition type is expected. Fixed in git tree:
>
> # sfdisk -ql /dev/sdc
> Device Start End Sectors Size Type
> /dev/sdc1 2048 1023966 1021919 499M Linux filesystem
>
>
> # sfdisk --part-type /dev/sdc 1 $(uuidgen)
> ...
>
>
> # sfdisk -ql /dev/sdc
> Device Start End Sectors Size Type
> /dev/sdc1 2048 1023966 1021919 499M unknown
>
>
> Thanks for your report!
Thanks for the quick fix.
Is it sane for me to assume this is fixed in any version of
util-linux > 2.26.2 ?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-15 14:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-14 20:16 GPT writing of unknown partition uuids Scott Moser
2015-07-15 0:37 ` Dale R. Worley
2015-07-15 13:28 ` Scott Moser
2015-07-15 13:42 ` Karel Zak
2015-07-15 14:56 ` Scott Moser [this message]
2015-07-15 15:02 ` Karel Zak
2015-07-15 15:09 ` Vadim Kochan
2015-07-15 15:12 ` Vadim Kochan
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