parted refuses to create partition in free space

[Sepero]

I'm trying to recreate a partition I deleted, but parted refuses, and
instead offers me some bogus location. I'm using the same size
parameters the partition had before it was deleted.

# parted /dev/sda unit B print free
Model: ATA WDC WD10EACS-00D (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000204886016B
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start          End             Size           Type      File
system     Flags
       32256B         16779571199B    16779538944B             Free Space
2      16779571200B   28311413759B    11531842560B   primary   ext4
       28311413760B   28311551999B    138240B                  Free Space
3      28311552000B   57671679999B    29360128000B   primary   ntfs
4      57671680000B   1000204886015B  942533206016B  extended
        lba
5      57672728576B   501709012991B   444036284416B  logical   ext2
       501709012992B  501709178879B   165888B                  Free Space
6      501710061568B  507999420415B   6289358848B    logical   linux-swap(v1)
8      507999945728B  738061930495B   230061984768B  logical   ext4
7      738061931008B  993915526143B   255853595136B  logical
9      993915526656B  1000204886015B  6289359360B    logical   linux-swap(v1)


# parted /dev/sda unit B mkpart l ntfs 1048576 16779313151
Warning: You requested a partition from 1048576B to 16779312640B.
The closest location we can manage is 57671681024B to 57671681024B.
Is this still acceptable to you?
Yes/No? n




Here is some diagnostic output that I hope will be useful.

# parted /dev/sda unit s print
Model: ATA WDC WD10EACS-00D (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start        End          Size         Type      File system     Flags
 2      32772600s    55295729s    22523130s    primary   ext4
 3      55296000s    112639999s   57344000s    primary   ntfs
 4      112640000s   1953525167s  1840885168s  extended                  lba
 5      112642048s   979900415s   867258368s   logical   ext2
 6      979902464s   992186367s   12283904s    logical   linux-swap(v1)
 8      992187394s   1441527207s  449339814s   logical   ext4
 7      1441527209s  1941241261s  499714053s   logical
 9      1941241263s  1953525167s  12283905s    logical   linux-swap(v1)


# parted -v
parted (GNU parted) 2.3
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by <http://git.debian.org/?p=parted/parted.git;a=blob_plain;f=AUTHORS>.


Using gparted will allow me to create a partition in the free space,
but I cannot safely recreate the partition with the units that gparted
uses (because it may destroy data on the lost filesystem)