Following are some relevant mailing list posts regarding this problem including the one by T Kortehisto:
Verbatim USB drive crashes libparted http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2011-02/msg00000.html Re: Bug report http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2011-02/msg00002.html [parted-devel] > 63 heads. Why does this keep coming up? http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/parted-devel/2011-February/003796.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/710696 Title: Verbatim USB stick crashes gParted -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
