Re: an ext2 partition saw like a swap partition

[Andrew Clausen]

Olivier Gondouin wrote:
> 
> the detection from parted 1.4.8:
> 
> parted /dev/sda print
> Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-4095.856 megabytes
> Disk label type: msdos
> Minor    Start       End     Type      Filesystem  Flags
> 1          0.031   1153.103  primary   ext2
> 3       1153.103   4094.692  extended
> 5       1153.134   1286.455  logical   linux-swap
> 6       1286.486   4094.692  logical   linux-swap
> 
> the true patition table (if the table is clean???):

Parted doesn't get the file system type from the partition table,
but from looking for signatures inside the partition.

Is there really an ext2 file system on /dev/sda6?

Thanks,
Andrew Clausen