Bug 489567

Summary: Drives with MBR partition table are not correctly recognized
Product: [Applications] partitionmanager Reporter: Alek Evans <kdebugs>
Component: generalAssignee: Andrius Štikonas <andrius>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 24.05.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Neon   
OS: Linux   
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Description Alek Evans 2024-07-01 20:42:27 UTC
SUMMARY
KDE Partition Manager reports a drive to have "no valid partition table" if formatted with an MBR.

When launched via cli, it outputs: "Unknown file system type 'dos' on '/dev/sdX'"

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Attach a device with an MBR to system.
2. Launch KDE Partition Manager.
3. View device with MBR.

OBSERVED RESULT
KDE Partition Manager states device has no valid partition table.

EXPECTED RESULT
KDE Partition Manager should properly recognize the partition table and report the devices partitions.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE neon 6.0
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Kernel Version: 6.5.0-41-generic (64-bit)
Comment 1 Andrius Štikonas 2024-07-01 20:52:04 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 487650 ***