[BUG] I broke a disk using parted, so now parted crashes when using the disk

[Peter Maloney]

Messed up parted somehow.


peter:/mnt # parted /dev/sdb unit s print
Model: ATA Hitachi HDS72303 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 5860533168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start    End          Size         File system  Name     Flags
 1      124928s  5860532223s  5860407296s  ext3         cc-vds2

peter:/mnt # wipefs -a /dev/sdb1
2 bytes were erased at offset 0x438 (ext3)
they were: 53 ef
peter:/mnt # wipefs -a /dev/sdb1
peter:/mnt # parted /dev/sdb unit s rm 1
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.                           

peter:/mnt # parted /dev/sdb unit s mkpart empty3TB 2048 -- -1
Warning: You requested a partition from 2048s to 5860533167s.             
The closest location we can manage is 2048s to 5860533134s.
Is this still acceptable to you?
Yes/No? yes                                                               
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.                           

peter:/mnt # parted /dev/sdb unit s rm 1
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.                           

peter:/mnt # parted /dev/sdb unit s mkpart empty3TB 2048 +500GB
Error: Invalid number.                                                    
peter:/mnt # parted /dev/sdb unit s mkpart empty3TB 2048 +500
Error: Invalid number.                                                    
peter:/mnt # parted /dev/sdb unit s mkpart empty3TB 2048 -- +500
Error: Invalid number.                                                    
peter:/mnt # parted /dev/sdb unit s mkpart empty3TB 2048 2048+500GB
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.                           

peter:/mnt # parted /dev/sdb unit s print
Backtrace has 13 calls on stack:
  13: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x2e) [0x7fb751212a6e]
  12: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_geometry_read+0x80) [0x7fb75121a1e0]
  11: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_geometry_read_alloc+0x54)
[0x7fb75121a274]
  10: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(nilfs2_probe+0x6a) [0x7fb75123a5fa]
  9: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_file_system_probe_specific+0x53)
[0x7fb751213f33]
  8: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_file_system_probe+0x52) [0x7fb751214012]
  7: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(+0x435ac) [0x7fb7512425ac]
  6: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x58) [0x7fb751218e68]
  5: parted() [0x407a21]
  4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0x8c) [0x40e78c]
  3: parted(main+0x140f) [0x406daf]
  2: /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed) [0x7fb7509ed23d]
  1: parted() [0x406e79]
Aborted
peter:/mnt # parted /dev/sdb unit s rm 1
Backtrace has 13 calls on stack:
  13: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x2e) [0x7f839bccaa6e]
  12: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_geometry_read+0x80) [0x7f839bcd21e0]
  11: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_geometry_read_alloc+0x54)
[0x7f839bcd2274]
  10: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(nilfs2_probe+0x6a) [0x7f839bcf25fa]
  9: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_file_system_probe_specific+0x53)
[0x7f839bccbf33]
  8: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_file_system_probe+0x52) [0x7f839bccc012]
  7: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(+0x435ac) [0x7f839bcfa5ac]
  6: /usr/lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x58) [0x7f839bcd0e68]
  5: parted() [0x408b4a]
  4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0x8c) [0x40e78c]
  3: parted(main+0x140f) [0x406daf]
  2: /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed) [0x7f839b4a523d]
  1: parted() [0x406e79]
Aborted
peter:/mnt # ls /dev/sdb*
/dev/sdb  /dev/sdb1


peter:/mnt # dd if=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=20 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C
00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|................|
*
000001c0  01 00 ee fe ff ff 01 00  00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 
|................|
000001d0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|................|
*
000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa 
|..............U.|
00000200  45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54  00 00 01 00 5c 00 00 00  |EFI
PART....\...|
00000210  4c 86 14 12 00 00 00 00  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|L...............|
00000220  af a3 50 5d 01 00 00 00  22 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|..P]....".......|
00000230  8e a3 50 5d 01 00 00 00  d2 d1 56 6b 33 5c f5 43 
|..P]......Vk3\.C|
00000240  a5 3e ee 40 1a b6 e4 94  02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|.>address@hidden|
00000250  80 00 00 00 80 00 00 00  d1 ef c0 bd 00 00 00 00 
|................|
00000260  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|................|
*
00000400  a2 a0 d0 eb e5 b9 33 44  87 c0 68 b6 b7 26 99 c7 
|......3D..h..&..|
00000410  44 c4 e6 c5 87 18 c9 49  bd 5c b9 3e 27 8f 10 bc 
|D......I.\.>'...|
00000420  00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|................|
00000430  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  65 00 6d 00 70 00 74 00 
|........e.m.p.t.|
00000440  79 00 33 00 54 00 42 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|y.3.T.B.........|
00000450  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
|................|
*
00002800