On Aug 8, 2014, at 10:38 AM, Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't think "uboot" is a valid partition type--it should be > "primary", "logical" or "extended". Thus the format of the command > should have been: Since the disk is GPT there's no such distinction among partitions. Behavior wise they're primary partitions, and on-disk they're most like primary partitions, but it's better to just say they're partitions with no distinction. > > # parted /dev/sdb mkpart primary ext3 4 516 > # parted /dev/sdb name 1 uboot > > I've noticed that parted sometimes makes some weird decisions if > parameters it expects are missing or mis-specified. Yes. It's designed to be stable: if you update parted from 2.0 to 3.1, chances are your app will still do the partitioning portion correctly. But if you're a mortal user looking for an interface that accurately communicates facts bidirectionally, parted is eyebrow raising. Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
