parted 3.2 (Mint 19.1) sudo parted /dev/sda unit co print unit s print Backtrace has 14 calls on stack: 14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x45) [0x7f549730e6e5] 13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x2216b) [0x7f549732516b] 12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x101ea) [0x7f54973131ea] 11: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_add_partition+0x2d3) [0x7f5497313b53] 10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x219f8) [0x7f54973249f8] 9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x21b60) [0x7f5497324b60] 8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x21bf9) [0x7f5497324bf9] 7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x22a35) [0x7f5497325a35] 6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_new+0x46) [0x7f54973136f6] 5: parted(+0x7794) [0x558c4cc2c794] 4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0xa2) [0x558c4cc32532] 3: parted(main+0x121e) [0x558c4cc2b2be] 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe7) [0x7f5496ac0b97] 1: parted(_start+0x2a) [0x558c4cc2b48a]
You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do: ... Assertion (metadata_length > 0) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:2313 in function add_logical_part_metadata() failed.