Bug 489567

Summary:	Drives with MBR partition table are not correctly recognized
Product:	[Applications] partitionmanager	Reporter:	Alek Evans <kdebugs>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Andrius Štikonas <andrius>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.05.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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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 ***