GNU parted only allowing fat16 FS on GPT disk.
 

Hello all,

I'm in the process of installing Arch 2013.05.01. GNU Parted version: 3.1. It's a UEFI system.

cfdisk does not support GPT disks therefore I "...use[d] GNU Parted!"

So I start parted and use:

No complaints from parted.

However when I enter "print", parted shows the new partition, but it reports that it's a fat16 file system.

Strangely, no matter what file system I try to use it always appears to be fat16. Any partitions I make after this don't show a file system type when I use "print".

Has anyone experienced this? Does it even matter about file systems at this point in the installation?

Thanks for any help!

Quick update:

I exited parted and used mkswap /dev/sdc1.

I got a messaged saying the filesystem had been converted to linux-swap. This made me realise I had forgotten my boot partition.

I started parted again and typed "print". It reported that sdc1 was indeed now linux-swap.

Anyway I deleted the partitions because I wanted the boot partition at the start of the disk.

I used No complaints. However "print" shows that the filesystem for this partition is still linux-swap!

As far as I'm aware the boot partition for UEFI systems should be fat32.

Help!

I shouldn't be using parted to create filesystems. That's what mkfs is for.

Solved.

Now if only GRUB could see my Windows disk...

/monologue