[opensuse] Re: partition type is microsoft but filesystem is ext4

On 9/15/2018 9:15 AM, George from the tribe wrote:

I noticed this morning while setting up my backups, that it turns out the partition type is "Microsoft basic data" but the file system type is ext4.

MBR stands for Master Boot Record. Here, in a GPT formatted disk, I believe it is there to signal to other formatting utils that don't recognize a Global Partition Table, that the disk is formatted. I'm not sure if it contains actual boot code or not -- I tend to think it's there as a place marker to protect the GPT data. As far as I know, any partition can be a root partition. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org