[parted-devel] how to create compatible msdos partition tables?

[Brian C. Lane]

On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 07:39:01PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I tried to set up a new msdos partition table on a USB SSD using
> parted on Linux, but it was no recognized on both MacOS and
> Windows 11.
> 
> Maybe a stupid question, but how comes?
> 
> After initializing the SSD on MacOS it was accepted on Linux as
> well, so I wonder if it would be possible to increase parted's
> compatibility to others?
> 
> Below you can find the parted session on Debian to "break" the
> partition table set up on MacOS again. After that the disk was
> rejected on MacOS and had to be reinitialized.

Are you sure the problem isn't with the filesystem you create on the
partition? I don't see any difference between the before and after.
You could also try it with a gpt label and see if it act differently.

Brian

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