Public bug reported: When trying to create a partition with FAT or NTFS as its file system with gnome-disk-utility, the resulting partition type id is always 83 (Linux). This renders the partition useless in Windows, while Ubuntu has no problems using it. This might effect inexperienced users that are to my understanding the primary target for this tool. You can change the partition type manually after the creation (e.g. to HPFS/NTFS).
This bug also appears when I specify the file system myself with the Custom option in the creation dialog. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.6.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Nov 4 21:35:17 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (16 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (15 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of the result. Obviously file system and partition type don't match" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074977/+attachment/3424014/+files/Auswahl_001.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074977 Title: Creating NTFS/FAT partitions results to partition type "Linux" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1074977/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs