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Fix making the partition bootable instructions #46309

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Motivation for this change

In util-linux 2.31.1 fdisk moved the "a" command for making a partition bootable, to "A" in expert mode.

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Nothing, it's just documentation.

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This is very weird. On my system I get this:

Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.32.1).                                                                                                                        
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.


Command (m for help): m

Help:

  DOS (MBR)
   a   toggle a bootable flag
   b   edit nested BSD disklabel
   c   toggle the dos compatibility flag

  Generic
   d   delete a partition
   F   list free unpartitioned space
   l   list known partition types
   n   add a new partition
   p   print the partition table
   t   change a partition type
   v   verify the partition table
   i   print information about a partition

  Misc
   m   print this menu
   u   change display/entry units
   x   extra functionality (experts only)

  Script
   I   load disk layout from sfdisk script file
   O   dump disk layout to sfdisk script file

  Save & Exit
   w   write table to disk and exit
   q   quit without saving changes

  Create a new label
   g   create a new empty GPT partition table
   G   create a new empty SGI (IRIX) partition table
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   s   create a new empty Sun partition table

Where a is still a command in 2.32.1. Maybe the change in util-linux was reverted?

samueldr added a commit to samueldr/nixpkgs that referenced this pull request Oct 4, 2018
The tests in <nixos/tests/installer.nix> are using `parted`, so they are
bound to be better tested than `fdisk`.

This is brought on by a couple issues, plus reports on IRC that the
`fdisk` instructions didn't work as expected.

 * NixOS#39354
 * NixOS#46309
 * NixOS#39942
 * NixOS#45478

Care was taken so that the other documented steps did not need changes.

In all this kerfufle, a slight re-organization of the Chapter has been
made, allowing better deep linking.
grahamc pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 4, 2018
The tests in <nixos/tests/installer.nix> are using `parted`, so they are
bound to be better tested than `fdisk`.

This is brought on by a couple issues, plus reports on IRC that the
`fdisk` instructions didn't work as expected.

 * #39354
 * #46309
 * #39942
 * #45478

Care was taken so that the other documented steps did not need changes.

In all this kerfufle, a slight re-organization of the Chapter has been
made, allowing better deep linking.

(cherry picked from commit 6cfbf40)
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samueldr commented Oct 4, 2018

Hi! Closing this issue since the partitioning instructions are now re-written for 18.09. (See #47697)

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