ped_geometry_test_equal failed again :) (was Re: bug)

[Szakacsits Szabolcs]

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-15] Rémi wrote:

> Warning: The partition table on /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc is
> inconsistent.  There are many reasons why this might be the case.  Often, the
> reason is that Linux detected the BIOS geometry incorrectly.  However, this
> does not appear to be the case here.  It is safe to ignore,but ignoring may
> cause (fixable) problems with some boot loaders, and may cause problems with
> FAT file systems.  Using LBA is recommended.
> A bug has been detected in GNU parted.  Please email a bug report to
> address@hidden containing the version (1.6.5) and the following
> message:Assertion (ped_geometry_test_equal (&part->geom, &old_geom)) at
> disk.c:1681 in function ped_disk_get_max_partition_geometry() failed.
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)

This should be fixed in 1.6.6-pre2, Andrew wrote.

Andrew, how about a new release? This bug is really a FAQ. QTParted users
report it also.

        Szaka