Unusual head_size in 1.6.23?

[Michael Flaster]

Assertion (head_size <= 63) at disk_dos.c:584 in function
probe_partition_for_geom() failed.

I added some print statements before the assertion failure:
   printf("head_size is %lld, from h %lld, H %lld, a_ %lld, c %lld, 
cyl_size %lld\n",
          head_size, h, H, a_, c, cyl_size);

and it printed:
head_size is 63, from h 1, H 254, a_ 63, c 0, cyl_size 16065
head_size is 573, from h 1, H 254, a_ 8193213, c 510, cyl_size 16064
(assertion failure)

I checked the computer's math, 573 is the right number from those other 
values...  :-)

This is with parted GNU Parted 1.6.23.

You probably want some other info about my disk, not exactly sure what 
to give you.

I can tell you that parted 1.6.21 seemed to work:
address@hidden parted-1.6.23]# /usr/sbin/parted.old
GNU Parted 1.6.21
Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 
FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Using /dev/hda
(parted) print
Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-43979.414 megabytes
Disk label type: msdos
Minor    Start       End     Type      Filesystem  Flags
1          0.031   4000.561  primary   fat32       boot
2       4000.562  43974.799  extended             
5       4000.592   7499.091  logical   ext2       
6      12197.821  16582.719  logical   ext3       
7      19845.954  22003.088  logical   fat32      
10     22003.119  22254.104  logical   linux-swap 
8      23893.581  23987.680  logical   ext2       
9      23987.711  43974.799  logical   ext3       
(parted) quit

address@hidden parted-1.6.23]# df -k
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5              3526172   2305476   1041576  69% /
/dev/hda9              5763616   4323236   1147600  80% /backup
/dev/hda6              4419512    853248   3566264  20% /home
/dev/hda1              4088532    883588   3204944  22% /mnt/win_c
/dev/hda7              2204572     13292   2191280   1% /mnt/win_d

Mike