Hello, sorry, if this is not the best way to report it, but i want to inform you about an issue that parted reported me.
--- report --- GNU Parted 3.0 Using /dev/sdc Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) p Error: Invalid argument during seek for read on /dev/sdc Retry/Ignore/Cancel? i Error: The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will be used. OK/Cancel? OK Backtrace has 8 calls on stack: 8: /usr/lib/libparted.so.1(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7f61f43124e1] 7: /usr/lib/libparted.so.1(+0x26550) [0x7f61f432a550] 6: /usr/lib/libparted.so.1(ped_disk_new+0x75) [0x7f61f43189a5] 5: parted() [0x406b89] 4: parted(interactive_mode+0xf3) [0x40c653] 3: parted(main+0xd9f) [0x408d4f] 2: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f61f3b2fbbd] 1: parted() [0x405919] You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do: Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data. Help us to fix this bug by doing the following: Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/ Please check this version prior to bug reporting. If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check, please visit the GNU Parted website: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted for further information. Your report should contain the version of this release (3.0) along with the error message below, the output of parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print and the following history of commands you entered. Also include any additional information about your setup you consider important. Assertion (last_usable <= disk->dev->length) at gpt.c:727 in function _parse_header() failed. Aborted --- report --- --- dmesg --- [ 8177.255843] scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access WDC WD25 EZRX-00MMMB0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 8177.256147] sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [ 8177.257199] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] 588813872 512-byte logical blocks: (301 GB/280 GiB) [ 8177.259447] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 8177.259450] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 38 00 00 00 [ 8177.259452] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 8177.262572] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 8177.280078] sdc: unknown partition table [ 8177.283200] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 8177.283203] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk --- dmesg --- "parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print" gives exactly the same result. Disk is WD25EZRX (Western Digital 2,5TB) connected through USB. I hope you can do something with that. You can ask for more information if you want. Best regards, Valentin Schulte -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de