It seems that this bug is fixed in parted >= 1.6.12, but that one will not make it into Sarge because of binary incompatibilities :(
-------------------------------------------- GN Otometrics -- Hortmann Dipl.Phys. Dr. Matthias Zenker Entwicklung / Development Auchtertstraße 4, D-72770 Reutlingen Tel. ++49(0)7121/99435-60, Fax -79 eMail: mzenker at gnotometrics dot de http://www.hortmann.de > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Kraai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:25 AM > To: Zenker, Matthias (Otometrics Stuttgart) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Parted still fails to see partitions - Was: > Bug#269036 not fixed in parted 1.6.11 > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 10:05:46AM +0200, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I won't delete it, because it is a protected/hidden partition > > containing the WIN XP installation disk, and I still need > it. That is > > the way IBM Thinkpads are configured. The funny thing is > that SUSE 9.0 > > (kernel 2.4) which uses libparted AFAIK, did not have any > problem with > > that hidden partition. See > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/08/msg03147.html and > > following for more details about this machine... > > You should file a bug against parted. > > -- > Matt Kraai [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ftbfs.org/ >
