#17050: DriveSetup does not change partition type when reformatting existing
partition
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Reporter: mr-victory | Owner: stippi
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: high | Milestone:
Component: Applications/DriveSetup | Version:
Keywords: drivesetup partition type | R1/Development
filesystem | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Platform: All
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When DriveSetup is used to format a partition with a different filesystem
than the partition contains, DriveSetup does not update the type of the
partition according to the new filesystem. The partition type I mention is
a hardcoded value either in MBR or GPT. There is a similar ticket
mentioning this issue: ticket:4467 . This issue does '''not''' affect the
bootability of Haiku.
To reproduce this issue:
1. Create a partition and set a type. In the screenshot (partition "test")
I chose "Windows Data".
2. Create a filesystem matching the partition type. I chose NTFS.
3. Reformat with a '''different''' filesystem. I chose BFS.
The result is a BFS formatted partition with type "Windows Data", the
filesystem type and partition type are in conflict. I tested with
partitions on MBR, GPT and different filesystems, problem always appears.
I used hrev55216 x86_64 to test.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/17050>
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