Re: A bug in GNU Parted

[Andrew Clausen]

Hi Terry,

On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 12:31:31AM -0600, Terry Wendt wrote:
> Check it out:
> 
> address@hidden terryw]# parted /dev/hda4 check
> Warning: Device /dev/hda4 is neither a SCSI nor IDE drive.
> Ignore Cancel ? i
> You found a bug in GNU Parted.  Please email a bug report to 
> address@hidden containing the version (1.4.24), and the following 
> message:
> 
> Assertion (walk->geom.length > 5 * disk->dev->sectors) at disk.c:1093 in
> function _disk_check_sanity() failed.

Actually, it's probably not a bug... the device probably is that small.

Anyway, the command you probably wanted to use is:

        parted /dev/hda check 4

Thanks,
Andrew