bug#38783: GPT case that parted can't handle

2020-01-06 Thread Brian C. Lane
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 10:18:40PM +, Jason Mancini wrote: > Install Windows to a 1TB drive but only partition the first 63GB. Most of > the disk is empty. > > Clone the first 63GB to a 512GB drive. This misses the trailing GPT table. > Windows will boot and run fine. Windows Disk Manage

bug#22167: Don't interactively ask questions in script mode

2020-01-06 Thread Brian C. Lane
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 05:21:11PM -0800, Sunil Mohan Adapa wrote: > Hello, > > Any updates on this bug or comments on the patches? I believe the fix is > straight forward and correct. Do you mean these? https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2017-04/msg0.html I really cannot think o

bug#38474: 4M, 12M or 24M partition alignment

2020-01-06 Thread Brian C. Lane
On Mon, Dec 02, 2019 at 11:10:30PM +0100, Marcel Partap wrote: > Dear parted devs, > is there a way to make partition boundaries align to erasure block size > presumably used on common USB flash memory chips? > Could it make much of a difference? parted only knows about the alignment reported by

bug#38783: GPT case that parted can't handle

2020-01-06 Thread Jason Mancini
> It's certainly possible. But some things to consider: > > * In commit 7f753b1b0505b Jim mentions that the spec calls this >situation an invalid GPT partition. But I'm not sure I agree after >reading over section 5.3.2 a few times. > > * If parted does create a new backup table it need