You may want to know that there's a new Linux GPT type code that should beging
appearing "in the wild" before too long. The code is
0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4, and it's discussed on the parted mailing
list (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-
parted/2011-06/index.html; see entries from June 25 to the present). The
code has been implemented in GPT fdisk (gdisk/sgdisk) version 0.7.2, and
should make it into parted soon -- with the next release, with any luck. This
type code is intended to be used for Linux filesystems (ext2/3/4, XFS, etc.),
replacing the Microsoft Basic Data type code for these filesystems. This will
keep the Linux partitions from showing up as unformatted Windows partitions in
Windows. Since Boot Info Script reports GPT partition types, I thought you'd
want a heads-up on this so you can adjust your script appropriately.
If you need to test this, you can use gdisk 0.7.2; or I can provide you with a
patch file for parted 3.0; or you can wait for the patched version to appear
in parted.
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It correctly identified all the partitions with this new type code on two test
systems. My only comment is that "Data partition (Linux)" might not be
sufficiently distinct from "Data partition (Windows/Linux)" as a name;
somebody scanning through the copious output from the script might easily
overlook that difference, which might be important in some cases. It looks
like you've got a naming convention with the OS in parentheses at the end of
the name, so maybe "Filesystem data (Linux)" or "Filesystem partition (Linux)"
would be good. This type code is explicitly for filesystem data, so those
are fair descriptions, and they might even clue somebody in to a problem if
such a partition holds swap space or something.
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Hi,
You may want to know that there's a new Linux GPT type code that should beging
appearing "in the wild" before too long. The code is
0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4, and it's discussed on the parted mailing
list (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-
parted/2011-06/index.html; see entries from June 25 to the present). The
code has been implemented in GPT fdisk (gdisk/sgdisk) version 0.7.2, and
should make it into parted soon -- with the next release, with any luck. This
type code is intended to be used for Linux filesystems (ext2/3/4, XFS, etc.),
replacing the Microsoft Basic Data type code for these filesystems. This will
keep the Linux partitions from showing up as unformatted Windows partitions in
Windows. Since Boot Info Script reports GPT partition types, I thought you'd
want a heads-up on this so you can adjust your script appropriately.
If you need to test this, you can use gdisk 0.7.2; or I can provide you with a
patch file for parted 3.0; or you can wait for the patched version to appear
in parted.
Thanks for letting me know.
Can you try this patched bootinfoscript?
It correctly identified all the partitions with this new type code on two test
systems. My only comment is that "Data partition (Linux)" might not be
sufficiently distinct from "Data partition (Windows/Linux)" as a name;
somebody scanning through the copious output from the script might easily
overlook that difference, which might be important in some cases. It looks
like you've got a naming convention with the OS in parentheses at the end of
the name, so maybe "Filesystem data (Linux)" or "Filesystem partition (Linux)"
would be good. This type code is explicitly for filesystem data, so those
are fair descriptions, and they might even clue somebody in to a problem if
such a partition holds swap space or something.
I got the names that correspond with a certain GPT GUID, from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table#Partition_type_GUIDs
I don't know if this list is complete or not.
Can you check all GPT GUID entries in Boot Info Script or give me a
better/more complete list?
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