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Clear msftres and other GPT 'flags' set by GNU parted
Authored by: wm on Wed, Feb 6 2008 at 10:32AM PST

Unset the boot flag using parted (or GParted or whatever). I believe this will set the msftres flag, which you won't be able to clear. Then, the partition should show up in Disk Utility, but with a name like disk0s3 (instead of its normal name) and grayed out. But even so, you should then be able to mount it as described in the hint.