diff -pruN parted-1.7.0/parted/parted.c parted-1.7.0-h/parted/parted.c
--- parted-1.7.0/parted/parted.c	2006-05-15 03:09:26.000000000 -0700
+++ parted-1.7.0-h/parted/parted.c	2006-08-03 17:28:27.000000000 -0700
@@ -1113,7 +1113,9 @@ partition_print_flags (PedPartition* par
                         strncat (res, name, 21);
                 }
         }
-
+	if (first_flag) {
+	  strncat (res, "*", 1);
+	}
         return res;
 }
 
@@ -1340,7 +1342,7 @@ do_print (PedDevice** dev)
                                 str_list_append (row, name);
 
                         str_list_append (row, part->fs_type ?
-                                         part->fs_type->name : "");
+                                         part->fs_type->name : "*");
 
                         if (has_name)
                                 str_list_append (row, name);