Bugs item #304654, was opened at 2007-07-29 17:02
Status: Open
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Nobody (None)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: Assertion ((C * heads + H) * sectors + S == A) at disk_dos.c:617...
Category: parted
Group: Version < 1.6.25
Resolution: None
Initial Comment:
I've got a preformatted 1GB USB-Stick. While trying to repartition it I get an
error message.
"
Using /dev/sda
(parted) print
You found a bug in GNU Parted.
[...]
Your report should contain the version of this release (1.6.24)
[...]
Assertion ((C * heads + H) * sectors + S == A) at disk_dos.c:617 in function
probe_partition_for_geom() failed.
Ignore/Cancel?
"
Here is what other tools say:
"sfdisk /dev/sda
[...]
Disk /dev/sda: 1023 cylinders, 31 heads, 62 sectors/track
Old situation:
Warning: The partition table looks like it was made
for C/H/S=*/64/32 (instead of 1023/31/62).
For this listing I'll assume that geometry.
Units = cylinders of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0+ 960- 961- 983280 6 FAT16
end: (c,h,s) expected (960,15,32) found (768,63,32)
/dev/sda2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
"
"fdisk /dev/sda
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 1007 MB, 1007157248 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 961 983280 6 FAT16
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(768, 63, 32) logical=(960, 15, 32)
Command (m for help): v
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(768, 63, 32) logical=(960, 15, 32)
Partition 1: previous sectors 1966591 disagrees with total 1574911
543 unallocated sectors
"
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