Hello, When I install versions of parted between 1.8.0 and 1.8.8 (I've tested 1.8.0, 1.8.7 and 1.8.8), I get the following and therefore cannot do anything useful with it:
---------------- GNU Parted 1.8.8 Using /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) p Error: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc: unrecognised disk label (parted) ---------------- When I install parted-1.7.1, it works fine: ---------------- GNU Parted 1.7.1 Using /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) p Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc: 200GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 526MB 526MB primary ext3 boot 2 526MB 200GB 200GB extended 5 526MB 666MB 140MB logical ext3 6 666MB 806MB 140MB logical linux-swap 7 806MB 10.8GB 10.0GB logical ext3 8 10.8GB 200GB 189GB logical ext3 (parted) ---------------- Here is more information on the 200GB disk, generated using parted-1.7.1: ---------------- parted /dev/discs/disc0/disc print unit s print unit chs print Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc: 200GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 526MB 526MB primary ext3 boot 2 526MB 200GB 200GB extended 5 526MB 666MB 140MB logical ext3 6 666MB 806MB 140MB logical linux-swap 7 806MB 10.8GB 10.0GB logical ext3 8 10.8GB 200GB 189GB logical ext3 Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc: 390721967s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 63s 1028159s 1028097s primary ext3 boot 2 1028160s 390716864s 389688705s extended 5 1028223s 1301264s 273042s logical ext3 6 1301328s 1574369s 273042s logical linux-swap 7 1574433s 21125474s 19551042s logical ext3 8 21125538s 390716864s 369591327s logical ext3 Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc: 24321,80,62 Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 24321,255,63. Each cylinder is 8225kB. Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Type File system Flags 1 0,1,0 63,254,62 primary ext3 boot 2 64,0,0 24320,254,62 extended 5 64,1,0 80,254,62 logical ext3 6 81,1,0 97,254,62 logical linux-swap 7 98,1,0 1314,254,62 logical ext3 8 1315,1,0 24320,254,62 logical ext3 ---------------- And finally, a hexdump: ---------------- hexdump -C /dev/discs/disc0/disc | head -n 100 00000000 eb 48 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.H..............| 00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 00000030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 02 |................| 00000040 ff 00 00 20 01 00 00 00 00 02 fa 90 90 f6 c2 80 |... ............| 00000050 75 02 b2 80 ea 59 7c 00 00 31 c0 8e d8 8e d0 bc |u....Y|..1......| 00000060 00 20 fb a0 40 7c 3c ff 74 02 88 c2 52 be 7f 7d |. ..@|<.t...R..}| 00000070 e8 34 01 f6 c2 80 74 54 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5a |.4....tT.A..U..Z| 00000080 52 72 49 81 fb 55 aa 75 43 a0 41 7c 84 c0 75 05 |RrI..U.uC.A|..u.| 00000090 83 e1 01 74 37 66 8b 4c 10 be 05 7c c6 44 ff 01 |...t7f.L...|.D..| 000000a0 66 8b 1e 44 7c c7 04 10 00 c7 44 02 01 00 66 89 |f..D|.....D...f.| 000000b0 5c 08 c7 44 06 00 70 66 31 c0 89 44 04 66 89 44 |\..D..pf1..D.f.D| 000000c0 0c b4 42 cd 13 72 05 bb 00 70 eb 7d b4 08 cd 13 |..B..r...p.}....| 000000d0 73 0a f6 c2 80 0f 84 ea 00 e9 8d 00 be 05 7c c6 |s.............|.| 000000e0 44 ff 00 66 31 c0 88 f0 40 66 89 44 04 31 d2 88 |[EMAIL PROTECTED]| 000000f0 ca c1 e2 02 88 e8 88 f4 40 89 44 08 31 c0 88 d0 |[EMAIL PROTECTED]| 00000100 c0 e8 02 66 89 04 66 a1 44 7c 66 31 d2 66 f7 34 |...f..f.D|f1.f.4| 00000110 88 54 0a 66 31 d2 66 f7 74 04 88 54 0b 89 44 0c |.T.f1.f.t..T..D.| 00000120 3b 44 08 7d 3c 8a 54 0d c0 e2 06 8a 4c 0a fe c1 |;D.}<.T.....L...| 00000130 08 d1 8a 6c 0c 5a 8a 74 0b bb 00 70 8e c3 31 db |...l.Z.t...p..1.| 00000140 b8 01 02 cd 13 72 2a 8c c3 8e 06 48 7c 60 1e b9 |.....r*....H|`..| 00000150 00 01 8e db 31 f6 31 ff fc f3 a5 1f 61 ff 26 42 |....1.1.....a.&B| 00000160 7c be 85 7d e8 40 00 eb 0e be 8a 7d e8 38 00 eb ||[EMAIL PROTECTED]| 00000170 06 be 94 7d e8 30 00 be 99 7d e8 2a 00 eb fe 47 |...}.0...}.*...G| 00000180 52 55 42 20 00 47 65 6f 6d 00 48 61 72 64 20 44 |RUB .Geom.Hard D| 00000190 69 73 6b 00 52 65 61 64 00 20 45 72 72 6f 72 00 |isk.Read. Error.| 000001a0 bb 01 00 b4 0e cd 10 ac 3c 00 75 f4 c3 00 00 00 |........<.u.....| 000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 01 |................| 000001c0 01 00 83 fe 3f 3f 3f 00 00 00 01 b0 0f 00 00 00 |....???.........| 000001d0 01 40 05 fe ff ff 40 b0 0f 00 81 2d 3a 17 00 00 |[EMAIL PROTECTED]@....-:...| 000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.| 00000200 52 56 be 03 21 e8 2a 01 5e bf f8 21 66 8b 2d 83 |RV..!.*.^..!f.-.| 00000210 7d 04 00 0f 84 ca 00 80 7c ff 00 74 3e 66 8b 1d |}.......|..t>f..| 00000220 66 31 c0 b0 7f 39 45 04 7f 03 8b 45 04 29 45 04 |f1...9E....E.)E.| 00000230 66 01 05 c7 04 10 00 89 44 02 66 89 5c 08 c7 44 |f.......D.f.\..D| 00000240 06 00 70 50 66 31 c0 89 44 04 66 89 44 0c b4 42 |..pPf1..D.f.D..B| 00000250 cd 13 0f 82 9f 00 bb 00 70 eb 56 66 8b 05 66 31 |........p.Vf..f1| 00000260 d2 66 f7 34 88 54 0a 66 31 d2 66 f7 74 04 88 54 |.f.4.T.f1.f.t..T| 00000270 0b 89 44 0c 3b 44 08 7d 74 8b 04 2a 44 0a 39 45 |..D.;D.}t..*D.9E| 00000280 04 7f 03 8b 45 04 29 45 04 66 01 05 8a 54 0d c0 |....E.)E.f...T..| 00000290 e2 06 8a 4c 0a fe c1 08 d1 8a 6c 0c 5a 52 8a 74 |...L......l.ZR.t| 000002a0 0b 50 bb 00 70 8e c3 31 db b4 02 cd 13 72 46 8c |.P..p..1.....rF.| 000002b0 c3 8e 45 06 58 c1 e0 05 01 45 06 60 1e c1 e0 04 |..E.X....E.`....| 000002c0 89 c1 31 ff 31 f6 8e db fc f3 a4 1f be 14 21 e8 |..1.1.........!.| 000002d0 60 00 61 83 7d 04 00 0f 85 3c ff 83 ef 08 e9 2e |`.a.}....<......| 000002e0 ff be 16 21 e8 4b 00 5a ea 00 22 00 00 be 19 21 |...!.K.Z.."....!| 000002f0 e8 3f 00 eb 06 be 1e 21 e8 37 00 be 23 21 e8 31 |.?.....!.7..#!.1| 00000300 00 eb fe 4c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 73 74 61 67 65 |...Loading stage| 00000310 31 2e 35 00 2e 00 0d 0a 00 47 65 6f 6d 00 52 65 |1.5......Geom.Re| 00000320 61 64 00 20 45 72 72 6f 72 00 bb 01 00 b4 0e cd |ad. 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Also, I tried to report this problem using the bug reporting system at http://parted.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/newticket It kept telling me that my report looked like spam and wouldn't accept it, no matter what I did. _______________________________________________ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted
