Re: changing partition names

From	Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: changing partition names
Date	2016-02-16 04:40 +0100
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Frank McCormick composed on 2016-02-15 19:26 (UTC-0500):

> On 15/02/16 06:32 PM, Felix Miata wrote:

>> Lisi Reisz composed on 2016-02-15 23:16 (UTC):

>>> Pascal Hambourg wrote:

>>>> Why would you want to renumber the partition ? It provides absolutely no
>>>> benefit and can break things such as the bootloader which may seek data
>>>> on partitions identified by their numbers.

>>> If it ain't broke, don't fix it??? ;-)

>> IMO it broke when sda3 got deleted, but is easily fixed by putting any
>> partition into any part of the current freespace.

>     There is NO free space. It's now part of the Debian partition, the 
> rest belongs to Bill gates creation :)

> I am beginning to agree...if it ain't broke.....

OK, so I misread your fdisk output. There is no freespace. Still I think the
missing #3 partition table entry amounts to a lurking booby trap waiting to
pounce after history has been forgotten.
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Thread

changing partition names Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2016-02-14 21:50 +0100
  Re: changing partition names rlharris@oplink.net - 2016-02-14 23:10 +0100
    Re: changing partition names Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2016-02-15 01:20 +0100
      Re: changing partition names Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-02-15 03:00 +0100
        Re: changing partition names Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2016-02-15 04:40 +0100
          Re: changing partition names Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-02-16 07:50 +0100
  Re: changing partition names Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-02-15 02:00 +0100
    Re: changing partition names Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2016-02-15 04:50 +0100
  Re: changing partition names Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-02-15 11:50 +0100
    Re: changing partition names <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-02-15 12:50 +0100
    Re: changing partition names Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2016-02-15 18:00 +0100
      Re: changing partition names jdd <jdd@dodin.org> - 2016-02-15 18:50 +0100
        Re: changing partition names Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-02-15 21:00 +0100
          Re: changing partition names Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-02-15 21:10 +0100
            Re: changing partition names Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-02-15 21:20 +0100
  Re: changing partition names Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-02-15 21:10 +0100
    Re: changing partition names Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-02-16 00:20 +0100
      Re: changing partition names Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-02-16 00:40 +0100
        Re: changing partition names Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2016-02-16 01:30 +0100
          Re: changing partition names Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-02-16 04:40 +0100
        Re: changing partition names jdd <jdd@dodin.org> - 2016-02-16 08:50 +0100

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