On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 01:11:56PM -0000, Michael van Elst wrote: > pr...@welche.eu (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
