Re: Debian Sarge Parted v1.6.21 bug

[Otavio Salvador]

Tomasz Grzegurzko <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 23:20 -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> Tomasz Grzegurzko <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > Assertion ((C * heads + H) * sectors + S == A)
>> > at ../../libparted/disk_dos.c:586 in function probe_partition_for_geom()
>> > failed.
>> >
>> >
>> > I get this error from a new USB thumb drive from Astone, 512MB. If I run
>> > fdisk on the device and clear all partition tables with the 'o' command,
>> > parted works fine. It seems this batch of sticks we have can all cause
>> > this problem. I have a gzipped dd of the entire stick that
>> > causes the error, partition tables and all, but was unable to email it 
>> > through.
>> 
>> Please, try to reproduce it using a new parted from sid or
>> experimental (the last is prefered choice since it has new backtrace
>> feature that make easier to track problems).
>> 
>
> The error does not occur with the parted package from experimental.
> Thank you.

Great :-D Thanks a lot :-D

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