Hi,
for more than a decade parted on SUSE contains a patch to allow
setting the partition id on MS-DOS. Unfortunately it was never
accepted upstream. Recently upstream included an improved patch
by SUSE that allows the same but with a different syntax.
So instead of using
set PART-NO type=0x42
the new syntax is
type PART-NO 0x42
The value itself is available in the new JSON output (also
contributed by SUSE). As a bonus the new command also works for
GPT (setting the partition type GUID).
I plan to remove the old patch in a few weeks (in Factory) since
it causes trouble for at least one program. So if needed update
your software.
Thanks,
Arvin
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Arvin Schnell,