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cfdisk bug report
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electricstorm |
Subject: |
cfdisk bug report |
Date: |
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:35:12 -0500 |
#cfdisk -P st /dev/hda
Segmentation fault
#cfdisk -v
cfdisk 2.11n
My testing indicates this is caused when the MBR does not have a valid
signature, which could be caused when somebody does a 'dd if=/dev/zero
of=/dev/hda' command. After a valid signature is written (with cfdisk
or any other fdisk program), the fault goes away.
A suggestion would be to test for this condition and handle as you see
fit?
BTW, I bring this to your attention because I believe
'cfdisk -P st <dev>' produces the most thorough and easy to read
display of the partition table. I use it extensively to test many
different drives that come to me with unknown contents. Also, I
wish Redhat didn't remove it from their 7.1 util-linux rpm. (oh, well.
sources are fine.)
Thank you for your time.
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