Re: Assertion (constraint != NULL) at constraint.c:217

[Don Sharp]

Andrew Clausen wrote:
> 
> Hi Don,
> 
> You have a rather strange partition table, because the partition
> starts at sector 2.  But, Parted should be able to handle this!
>

The 2 cylinder offset was instituted because of experience reports
regarding Linux on Alpha machines, perhaps for the same reason that Sun
leaves the first three cylinders of the boot disc for Solaris IX
unallocated.
 
> Could you send me your partition table, with:
> 
>         # dd if=/dev/sdc of=parttable bs=512 count=1
> 
uuencoded file follows

begin 644 parttable
M````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
M`````````````````````````%=%5H($````4EHR.$D`````````````````
address@hidden@&@``<0(``*5^0```````````
M`!`.`0``````````````````````````````````````````````````````
M`````````````````````%=%5H)address@hidden"address@hidden'
M"address@hidden(```````````````$
M````"address@hidden(``!0+1D`L.(-
M```$```'"!``:G9``#H0````!```"address@hidden
M````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
M``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````$!
address@hidden
1````````````````````5:H`
`
end


> Please cc the list, because I can only access mail via the archives
> at the moment....
> 
> Thanks!
> Andrew Clausen