Disk Utility shows container disk1 '2 not mounted'

Could anyone explain what is the '2 not mounted' mean?

At present, I don't really know the effect of this.

MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 7:57 AM

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greg sahli

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Jun 4, 2019 8:22 AM in response to Alexlee133

There is a small partition that isn't mounted. On mine, it's 2.8 GB. Probably Recovery partition?

greg sahli

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Jun 4, 2019 8:34 AM in response to greg sahli

Read this - (says it includes Recovery but several other things, too)

https://macspro.com/other-volumes-macos-high-sierra/

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