Partition type suddenly FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF, drive unmountable
You have to edit the partition table and modify the type of disk1s2 (and correct the type of disk1s3) to get your main data partition back and make Boot OS X invisible:
- Log-in as admin
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Open Terminal and enter
sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk1
to get an overview
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Unmount disk1:
diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1
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Remove partition 2 and 3:
sudo gpt remove -i 3 /dev/disk1 diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1 sudo gpt remove -i 2 /dev/disk1
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Re-add the partition 2 and 3
diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1 sudo gpt add -b 928144008 -i 3 -s 262144 -t 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk1 diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1 sudo gpt add -b 409640 -i 2 -s 927734368 -t 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk1
The correct partition type of a Boot OS X partition is 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC (like a Recovery HD partition) and 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC for a CoreStorage partition.
Update: gpt
behaves strange because the partition table contains an MBR instead of an PMBR - the MBR has to be replaced by a PMBR:
- Reboot your Mac
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Open Terminal and enter
sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk1
to get an overview and all partition sizes/types
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rebuilding the GUID partition table and destroying the bogus MBR
diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1 sudo gpt destroy /dev/disk1 diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1 sudo gpt create -f /dev/disk1 sudo gpt add -b 40 -i 1 -s 409600 -t C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B /dev/disk1 sudo gpt add -b 409640 -i 2 -s 927734368 -t 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk1 diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk2 diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1 sudo gpt add -b 928144008 -i 3 -s 262144 -t 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk1 diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk2 diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1 sudo gpt add -b 929021952 -i 4 -s 39294976 -t EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7 /dev/disk1 diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk2 diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk1 sudo gpt add -b 968318976 -i 5 -s 8388608 -t 0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F /dev/disk1