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! Karel -- Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> http://karelzak.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html