Re: [parted-devel] Extended partitions

[Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray]

> You are not supposed to select a partition, select is just for disks
> (and loop devices).
>
> Parted allowing you to execute select on an extended partition number
> is the problem...

But one can successfully execute 'select' followed by 'print' on
primary partitions. eg., I took the image of a swap partition using dd
and Parted recognizes it as a 'file' device having a 'loop'
disk-label.

Cheers,
Debarshi
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