On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Peter Larsen <plarsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Patric, > fdisk (you have to start using -cul instead of -l) reports what-ever the > partition table contains. It's utterly ignorant to what's on the actual > partition. So simply login with fdisk, do a "t" and change the partition > type to what-ever you want. > > Be aware that linux ignores those types - they have absolutely no impact > on how your system works. > I guess that creating a partition type using a disk partitioning tool like gparted or fdisk is different, and independent, to the filesystem that is subsequently generated inside the partition! This is a piece of knowledge, or lack of, that leads to quit a lot of confusion! So you can make a dos partition but then put a filesystem in it that is ext4 or LVM for example..... I wonder if there is a good simple tutorial around that explains disk partitioning and filesystems? Anyone know? -- mike c -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
