i have a /dev/sda2 _solaris partition with zfs slice # fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x50000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 3134 25173823+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 3135 5171 16362202+ bf Solaris /dev/sda3 * 5172 8466 26467087+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 8467 30394 176136660 5 Extended /dev/sda5 8467 11667 25712001 83 Linux /dev/sda6 11668 11791 995998+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 11792 15479 29623828+ 83 Linux /dev/sda8 15480 16654 9438156 83 Linux /dev/sda9 19087 21518 19535008+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda10 21519 25165 29294496 83 Linux /dev/sda11 25166 25408 1951866 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda12 25409 30394 40050013+ 83 Linux if i run # parted /dev/sda2 print Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk! nice ! and # parted GNU Parted 1.8.8 Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print Model: ATA WDC WD2500JS-75N (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 250GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 25.8GB 25.8GB primary ntfs 2 25.8GB 42.5GB 16.8GB primary ext3 3 42.5GB 69.6GB 27.1GB primary ntfs boot 4 69.6GB 250GB 180GB extended 5 69.6GB 96.0GB 26.3GB logical ext3 6 96.0GB 97.0GB 1020MB logical xfs 7 97.0GB 127GB 30.3GB logical reiserfs 8 127GB 137GB 9665MB logical reiserfs 9 157GB 177GB 20.0GB logical ntfs 10 177GB 207GB 30.0GB logical xfs 11 207GB 209GB 1999MB logical linux-swap 12 209GB 250GB 41.0GB logical (parted) quit if it could be shown as a solaris partition or whatever something correct but not something **WRONG** i am not talking about zfs support in (lib)parted. i am talking about the correct recognition of partition type and filesystem. Note. gparted even show it as ext4 ! _______________________________________________ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted