parted 2.3 Bug Report

[Michael Velasco]

All,

Received the following error after performing "sudo parted -l" in a Linux Mint 10 Live DVD environment:

Assertion ((C * heads + H) * sectors + S == A) at
../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:682 in function probe_partition_for_geom()
failed.

Aborted

The only commands I'd done previously were "man parted" and "sudo fdisk -l".  The output of "sudo fdisk -l" follows:

address@hidden ~ $ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c3f53

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           2        8192   df  BootIt
/dev/sda2               2        7784    62513152    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3   *        7784       13478    45734912   83  Linux
/dev/sda4           13478       15567    16777216   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4e96980c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4e969802

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Disk /dev/sdd: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4e969800

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdd1               1        1148     9214976   da  Non-FS data

When I called "sudo parted -l" I received:

address@hidden ~ $ sudo parted -l
Backtrace has 15 calls on stack:
  15: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7f002f6265c1]
  14: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x3927a) [0x7f002f65127a]
  13: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x39a73) [0x7f002f651a73]
  12: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x3a72d) [0x7f002f65272d]
  11: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_add_partition+0x1cb) [0x7f002f62cd3b]
  10: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x3bc74) [0x7f002f653c74]
  9: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x3be65) [0x7f002f653e65]
  8: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x75) [0x7f002f62d815]
  7: parted() [0x40698e]
  6: parted() [0x40778d]
  5: parted() [0x4097d4]
  4: parted() [0x40a9cf]
  3: parted(main+0x2c) [0x40aadc]
  2: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfe) [0x7f002ee2ed8e]
  1: parted() [0x404fa9]
                                                                          

You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:

Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data.
Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:

Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking
the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at:

    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/

Please check this version prior to bug reporting.

If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check,
please visit the GNU Parted website:

    http://www.gnu.org/software/parted

for further information.

Your report should contain the version of this release (2.3)
along with the error message below, the output of

    parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print

and the following history of commands you entered.
Also include any additional information about your setup you
consider important.

Assertion ((C * heads + H) * sectors + S == A) at
../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:682 in function probe_partition_for_geom()
failed.

Aborted

I checked and the latest version is 2.3.  I tried literally entering "parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print" and got an error.  Realizing then that DEVICE was supposed to /dev/{fdisk} I ran it again against /dev/sda and got a similar errror:

address@hidden ~ $ sudo parted /dev/sda unit co print unit s print
Backtrace has 13 calls on stack:
  13: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7f8e2a06f5c1]
  12: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x3927a) [0x7f8e2a09a27a]
  11: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x39a73) [0x7f8e2a09aa73]
  10: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x3a72d) [0x7f8e2a09b72d]
  9: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_add_partition+0x1cb) [0x7f8e2a075d3b]
  8: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x3bc74) [0x7f8e2a09cc74]
  7: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x3be65) [0x7f8e2a09ce65]
  6: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x75) [0x7f8e2a076815]
  5: parted() [0x40698e]
  4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0x8c) [0x40c7cc]
  3: parted(main+0x63) [0x40ab13]
  2: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfe) [0x7f8e29877d8e]
  1: parted() [0x404fa9]
                                                                          

You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:

Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data.
Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:

Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking
the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at:

    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/

Please check this version prior to bug reporting.

If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check,
please visit the GNU Parted website:

    http://www.gnu.org/software/parted

for further information.

Your report should contain the version of this release (2.3)
along with the error message below, the output of

    parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print

and the following history of commands you entered.
Also include any additional information about your setup you
consider important.

Assertion ((C * heads + H) * sectors + S == A) at
../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:682 in function probe_partition_for_geom()
failed.

Aborted

It appears the problem may be with Solid State Drives as I don't get that error on the next 3 Hitachi Deskstar 2 TB fdisks:

address@hidden ~ $ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit co print unit s print
Model: ATA Hitachi HDS72202 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags

Model: ATA Hitachi HDS72202 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 3907029168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags

address@hidden ~ $ sudo parted /dev/sdc unit co print unit s print
Model: ATA Hitachi HDS72202 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags

Model: ATA Hitachi HDS72202 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 3907029168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags

address@hidden ~ $ sudo parted /dev/sdd unit co print unit s print
Model: ATA Hitachi HDS72202 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  9437MB  9436MB  primary

Model: ATA Hitachi HDS72202 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 3907029168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start  End        Size       Type     File system  Flags
 1      2048s  18431999s  18429952s  primary

Hope that helps!

Cheers,
Michael