Package: parted Version: 2.3-2 Severity: normal parted seems to get confused about what type i specify. i say "fat32", and it reports "ntfs":
0 pip:~# parted /dev/sdc print Model: WD My Passport 071A (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 320GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 0 pip:~# parted /dev/sdc mkpart primary fat32 1MiB 10MiB Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab. 0 pip:~# parted /dev/sdc print Model: WD My Passport 071A (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 320GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 10.5MB 9437kB primary ntfs lba 0 pip:~# This is probably because the underlying disk used to have an NTFS volume positioned in the same spot, so the "print" is scanning the actual disk contents, while "mkpart" is just setting the flag in the partition table itself. this is confusing, though. it's especially confusing given that "mkpartfs" (which would actually fiddle with the bytes in the partition itself and thereby cause the report to reflect the request) is apparently deprecated. --dkg -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages parted depends on: ii libblkid1 2.17.2-3.1 block device id library ii libc6 2.11.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.48-3 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-2 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libparted0debian1 2.3-2 The GNU Parted disk partitioning s ii libreadline6 6.1-3 GNU readline and history libraries ii libuuid1 2.17.2-3.1 Universally Unique ID library parted recommends no packages. Versions of packages parted suggests: pn parted-doc <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
