Parted does not show partition type for EFI GPT disks

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Issue

  • Parted in RHEL5 does not show the partition type (primary, extended, logical) for EFI GUID Partition Table disks:
Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Name  Flags
        17.4kB  1049kB  1031kB  Free Space
 1      1049kB  211MB   210MB   fat16                 boot
  • Parted in RHEL6 does show this:
Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
 1      32.3kB  526MB   526MB   primary   ext3         boot
 4      129GB   500GB   370GB   extended
 5      129GB   147GB   17.2GB  logical   linux-swap
 6      147GB   157GB   10.7GB  logical   ext3
  • How can we tell what type partitions are in RHEL5?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Storage with GUID Partition Table (EFI GPT)
  • parted

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