GParted doesn't recognise EXT4 fs journal partition
Hi All,
Formatting a partition with an ext4 external journal like this mke2fs -O journal_dev -L j1 /dev/nvme1n1p1
Gparted display a warning sign on this partition and the [Informations] window display this.
File Sytem
File system: unknown
label: j1
UUID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
Status: Not mounted
Partition
Path: /dev/nvme1n1p1 First sector: 2048
Name: Last sector: 1751039
Flags: Total sectors: 1748992
.-!---------------------------------------------------------.
| Unable to detect file system! Possible reasons are: |
| - The file system is damaged |
| - The file system is unknown to GParted |
| - There is no file system available (unformatted) |
| - The device entry /dev/nvme1n1p1 is missing |
.-----------------------------------------------------------.
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parted report this
$ sudo parted /dev/nvme1n1p1 print
Model: NVMe Device (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme1n1p1: 895MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 895MB 895MB ext2
Strangely enough parted report 'File system' ext2 while gparted report 'unknown'
I guess there are enough footprints in the external journal partition so parted and gparted could display a 'better' File system, though this is no file system per se, but 'ext4 journal' could be a nice indication, OR, leave 'File system' empty but fill the 'Flags' with 'Ext journal'
Another inconsistency 'may be' is the fact that when a ext4 FS is mounted using this external journal, then the external journal is 'in use' and a 'Key ring' icon should be displayed (locked).
And lastly, 'may be' the [Informations] window could display the list of Ext4 FS using this journal, I think a single journal may handle multiple Ext4 FS but not sure about that, so the list may be reduce to 1 item if there is a one to one mapping (FS, external journal).