parted Error: Unable to align partition

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  I get the following error message from parted
 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |(bash) parted /dev/hda
 |Using /dev/hda
 |Warning: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hda is 525/128/63.
 |You should check that this matches the BIOS geometry before using this 
program.
 |(parted) print
 |Warning: The partition table on /dev/hda is inconsistent.  There are many
 |reasons why this might be the case.  Often, the reason is that Linux detected
 |the BIOS geometry incorrectly.  However, this does not appear to be the case
 |here.
 |Ignore Cancel ? Ignore
 |Error: Unable to align partition.
 |(parted) cp 1 /dev/hde 2
 |Error: Unable to align partition.
 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   I am using:
   -----------
      Debian 2.0 with ( libc 2.0.7, Kernel 2.033 )

      tried parted versions:
       from   parted_1.2.8  
       up to  parted_1.4.0_pre2 (the error message shown above is the one
                                 of version 1.4.0_pre2 )

         ./configure  --without-readline --disable-nls --disable-shared 
          I had to comment in libparted/device.c:233 ff
           [ BLKSSZGET is unknown to kernel 2.033 )
           
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
           |/*
           |if (_get_linux_version() < 0x203)    /* BLKSSZGET is broken < 2.3.x 
*/
           |
           |        return 512;
           |/*
           |if (ioctl (dev->fd, BLKSSZGET, &sector_size))
           |        return 512;
           |        */
           
|----------------------------------------------------------------------


    # fdisk /dev/hda
    : x
    : p
    : q

     results in:  (commented)
   |------------------------------------------------------------
   |Disk /dev/hda: 128 heads, 63 sectors, 525 cylinders
   |    
   |Nr AF  Hd Sec  Cyl  Hd Sec  Cyl   Start    Size ID
   | 1 00   1   1    0 127  63  267      63 2161089 06
                                            ^^^^^^^=(267+1)*63*128- 63
   | 2 00   0   1  268 127  63  280 2161152  104832 82
                                             ^^^^^^ = 128 *63*(280-268+1)
   | 3 80   0   1  281 127  63  523 2265984 1967616 83
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ phys    ^^^^^^^ logical size
                                            128 *63*(524-281+2) =1967616
                                ^^^^WRONG = 128 *63*(523-281+1) =1959552
   |Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:  
   |     phys=(523, 127, 63) logical=(524, 127, 63)      
   | 4 00   0   0    0   0   0    0       0       0 00
   |------------------------------------------------------------
 
    I attached the partition table
    (dd if=/dev/hda of=parttable bs=512 count=1)


   a) The disk itself has 525 Cylinders (= Cylinder 0-524)
     --> it should be  possible to correct/resize the number this error
         in the partition table.
         (which space is really used by the OS ?
          if physical:  lower logical space
          if logical :  increase number of heads
???  is there a tool which allows savly to correct the 
     partition table while using this partition ?

   b) I only want to copy the first partition.
       So partition 3 should not be affected.
???    --> why can parted not ignore this error ?


   yours
   tobias

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