Re: parted fails on iPAQ

[Andrew Clausen]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 10:11:26AM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote:
> Andrew -
> 
> This happens when I try to run the binary debian-arm parted on my iPAQ -
> probably luser error!  I will try to compile it on the iPAQ now.
> 
> You found a bug in GNU Parted.  Please email a bug report to
> address@hidden containing the version (1.4.20), and the following
> message:
> 
> Assertion (!dev->external_mode) at ../../libparted/device.c:1244 in
> function ped_device_write() failed.
> Ignore Cancel ? c

That is very strange!  GNU Parted doesn't use external mode (it's useful
for installers, and such).  Smells like memory corruption.  Could
you stick a breakpoint on exception_handler, and send in a backtrace?

> You found a bug in GNU Parted.  Please email a bug report to
> address@hidden containing the version (1.4.20), and the following
> message:
> 
> GNU parted was miscompiled: the FAT boot sector should be 512 bytes.
> FAT support will be disabled.
> Segmentation fault

Eeek!  We've seen this before...

Did you compile this yourself?  If not, could you try?  Tell me how it
goes!  If it still fails, could you send in your config.h?

Thanks!
Andrew