Re: [Tails-dev] Detecting hidden partitions?

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Author: Austin English
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Detecting hidden partitions?
This is for https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/11137, trying to any
partitions that are listed in the partition table.

I used a hidden FAT32 partition for testing:
1g.img2         206848  227327   20480   10M 1b Hidden W95 FAT32


my other thought was checking the Partition ID, unless someone knows a
better way.

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 10:52 AM, intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote:
> Austin English wrote (12 Mar 2016 04:58:54 GMT) :
>> So, when it comes to detecting hidden partitions, is it as simple as
>> doing $(fdisk -l | grep -i hidden)?
>
> I'm afraid this is too brittle: this can return true for various
> reasons even if there is no "hidden" partition, e.g. a LV whose name
> contains the "hidden" string.
>
> I would try to help, but I don't know what you mean with "hidden
> partitions" exactly. Could you please clarify how this translates into
> non-ambiguous technical concepts?
>
> Cheers,
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> intrigeri
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