Re: [Libguestfs] Change partition type

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 11:15:59PM +0000, Marcos Amorim wrote: > Is there any way to change the partition type using python-guestfs? > > I'm trying to recreate an NTFS partition, but can not change the > type to NTFS (7 identifier in frisk) > > Filesystem from my disk > g.list_filesystems() > {'/dev/sda1': 'ntfs', '/dev/sda2': 'ntfs’} > > Fdisk > print g.sfdisk_l(device) > > Disk /dev/sda: 51200 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track > Units = cylinders of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 > > Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 100 100 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 101 51199 51099 52325376 83 Linux > /dev/sda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty > /dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty If it's MBR, then you can use g.part_set_mbr_id ("/dev/sda", 2, 7) For GPT use part_set_gpt_type which is similar but you have to use a GUID. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com libguestfs lets you edit virtual machines. Supports shell scripting, bindings from many languages. http://libguestfs.org