Re: Conviently having netinst.iso on a 32GB flash drive

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 03/06/2022 10:25 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> [ *SNIP* ]
> I guess that gparted's confusion is because of the nested partitions.
> Another cause could be the GPT and APM debris. (It is the main job of
> make_isombr_part to remove this.)
>
> In order to check the theory about nested partitions you could delete
> partition 2 which you don't need for BIOS booting.
> E.g. by this interactive run:
>
>    $ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
>    ... welcome messages , maybe use p to get the table shown ...
>
>    Command (m for help): d
>    Partition number (1,2, default 2): 2
>
>    Partition 2 has been deleted.
>
>    Command (m for help): w
>    The partition table has been altered.
>    Syncing disks.
>
> Maybe gparted likes it better afterwards.

*NO*    !
It does nothing *useful* for gparted.
The *_ONLY_* change is that the file type of /dev/sdc2 is now "unknown".