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Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive

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On 03/06/2022 10:25 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> [ *SNIP* ]
> I guess that gparted's confusion is because of the nested partitions.
> Another cause could be the GPT and APM debris. (It is the main job of
> make_isombr_part to remove this.)
> 
> In order to check the theory about nested partitions you could delete
> partition 2 which you don't need for BIOS booting.
> E.g. by this interactive run:
> 
>    $ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
>    ... welcome messages , maybe use p to get the table shown ...
> 
>    Command (m for help): d
>    Partition number (1,2, default 2): 2
> 
>    Partition 2 has been deleted.
> 
>    Command (m for help): w
>    The partition table has been altered.
>    Syncing disks.
> 
> Maybe gparted likes it better afterwards.

*NO*    !
It does nothing *useful* for gparted.
The *_ONLY_* change is that the file type of /dev/sdc2 is now "unknown".

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Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-06 11:10 +0100
  Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2022-03-06 12:00 +0100
    Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-06 12:40 +0100
  Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2022-03-06 13:10 +0100
    Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-06 13:50 +0100
      Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-06 21:30 +0100
    Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2022-03-06 14:20 +0100
      Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2022-03-06 14:20 +0100
      Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-06 15:50 +0100
        Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2022-03-06 17:30 +0100
          Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-06 21:30 +0100
      Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2022-03-06 21:00 +0100
      Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2022-03-06 21:00 +0100

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