$ sudo parted/parted --version parted (GNU parted) 3.0 Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by <http://git.debian.org/?p=parted/parted.git;a=blob_plain;f=AUTHORS>. $ sudo parted/parted -s /dev/sdb unit s print Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk! Model: ATA ST31000528AS (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 1953525168s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: unknown Also tried with a loop device. (this .img file is attached to this email so you can test/debug) $ sudo dd if=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=16 of=raidmbr.img 16+0 records in 16+0 records out 8192 bytes (8.2 kB) copied, 0.000697728 s, 11.7 MB/s $ sudo losetup /dev/loop0 raidmbr.img $ sudo parted/parted -s /dev/loop0 unit s print Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk! Model: (file) Disk /dev/loop0: 16s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: unknown On 02/27/2012 08:36 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Peter Maloney wrote: >> Problem: >> >> I tried to print the partition table of the first disk in a raid0 set >> (using the raw disk rather than a RAID device), expecting the partitions >> to be displayed with the partition outside the disk, but instead parted >> refuses to work: >> >> # parted -s /dev/sdd unit s print >> Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk! >> >> It is clearly not an error. And in my case it is even a read only >> operation, which would not even have any side effects if something > Thanks for the report. > Which version of parted are you using? > > If it's not 3.0, can you see if the problem persists when > using that newer version? > > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/parted-3.0.tar.xz -- -------------------------------------------- Peter Maloney Brockmann Consult Max-Planck-Str. 2 21502 Geesthacht Germany Tel: +49 4152 889 300 Fax: +49 4152 889 333 E-mail: peter.malo...@brockmann-consult.de Internet: http://www.brockmann-consult.de --------------------------------------------
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