Crash while partitioning USB stick

[Marcus Kraßmann]

Hi,

I am just a user, no coder. But I hope my information will me useful.

First the error message after the crash:

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Assertion (disk != NULL) at ../../libparted/disk.c:1370 in function
ped_disk_get_partition() failed
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What have I done? I...
- started QTparted
- right-clicked on /dev/sdb
- chose "Make a new Partition Table"
- clicked on "Yes" on the confirmation window
- *boom* (see message above)

parted version is 1.7.1 according to the crash message. Problem also
occours when using Gnome Parted, but this gives additional information:

--- Begin ---
======================
libparted : 1.7.1
======================
Unable to open /dev/sdb - unrecognised disk label.
Device /dev/sdb has a logical sector size of 2048.  Not all parts of GNU
Parted support this at the moment, and the working code is HIGHLY
EXPERIMENTAL.

Unable to open /dev/sdb - unrecognised disk label.
Assertion (disk != NULL) at ../../libparted/disk.c:1370 in function
ped_disk_get_partition() failed.
Assertion (disk != NULL) at ../../libparted/disk.c:1370 in function
ped_disk_get_partition() failed.
Assertion (disk != NULL) at ../../libparted/disk.c:1370 in function
ped_disk_get_partition() failed.
Assertion (disk != NULL) at ../../libparted/disk.c:1370 in function
ped_disk_get_partition() failed.
[1]    6587 segmentation fault  gparted
--- End ---

Mazbe I should just use another USB stick... :-)

Regards
Marcus Krassmann