Re: disklabel change?

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%welche.eu@localhost>]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 01:11:56PM -0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> prlw1%welche.eu@localhost (Patrick Welche) writes:
> 
> >In fact, the difference is between "-t" and "-rt":
> 
> >I deem "-t" output to be correct (and matches what I had in /etc/diskpart)
> 
> 
> The in-kernel disklabel gets the RAW_PART from by the disk geometry
> and if RAW_PART == 3, it gets d_partitions[2] from the MBR partition
> table.
> 
> That explains why 'disklabel -t' looks correct, it shows the in-kernel
> disklabel.
> 
> It doesn't explain why the on-disk label has the entries swapped.
> When you edit the disklabel, the kernel writes to the disk. When
> that corrects the error, the bug is in the disklabel program,
> otherwise it's in the kernel.

Given that the content of /etc/disktab agrees with the correct version,
I am pretty sure that 3 years ago I did a "disklabel -r -w sd0 perc"

I suppose I could do it again and see if -rt becomes correct... oder?


Cheers,

Patrick