site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-kernel mailing list (Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-kernel/site_archiver%40lists.a... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com <x-tad-bigger>Dear Cliff,</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>I have tried all the steps told by you and when I say 'p' to print the partition table, it shows the output as</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>Top level command (? for help): e /dev/rdisk2</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>/dev/rdisk2</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>Command (? for help): t</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>Partition number: 3</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>New partition type: MACOSX_MyContent</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>Command (? for help): p</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>/dev/rdisk2 map block size=512</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> #: type name length base ( size )</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> 1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 </x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> 2: Apple_Free 0+@ 64 </x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> 3: MACOSX_MyContent Apple_HFS_Untitled_2 16121776 @ 262208 ( 7.7G)</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> 4: Apple_Free 0+@ 16383984</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=16384000</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>But again if I list the partition map using ‘L’ it shows following output:</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>Top level command (? for help): L</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>/dev/rdisk2 map block size=512</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> #: type name length base ( size )</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> 1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 </x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> 2: Apple_Free 0+@ 64 </x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> 3: Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_2 16121776 @ 262208 ( 7.7G)</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger> 4: Apple_Free 0+@ 16383984</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=16384000</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0</x-tad-bigger> <x-tad-bigger>I think it only shows that partition type is changed but actually it does not set the partition type to new value.</x-tad-bigger>