Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 8192 cylinders, total 16777216 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0008e56c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 2099199 1048576 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 2099200 3123199 512000 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 3123200 4147199 512000 83 Linux
/dev/sdb4 4147200 16777215 6315008 5 Extended
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
address@hidden:/media$ sudo partprobe /dev/sdb
Backtrace has 13 calls on stack:
13: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x2a) [0x35287a]
12: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x4128a) [0x38a28a]
11: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x42157) [0x38b157]
10: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x4344c) [0x38c44c]
9: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0xe161) [0x357161]
8: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_add_partition+0x262) [0x35a9f2]
7: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x44ea5) [0x38dea5]
6: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x450af) [0x38e0af]
5: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x75) [0x35b7d5]
4: partprobe() [0x8048c80]
3: partprobe(main+0x15b) [0x8048f7b]
2: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe7) [0x7f0ce7]
1: partprobe() [0x8048a71]
A bug has been detected in GNU Parted. Refer to the web site of parted
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html for more information of what could be useful for bug submitting! Please email a bug report to
address@hidden containing at least the version (2.3) and the following message: Assertion (cyl_size <= 255 * 63) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:650 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed.
Aborted
address@hidden:/media$
Afterwards, this is what fdisk says:
address@hidden:/media$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb1
Disk /dev/sdb1: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1024 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/sdb1 doesn't contain a valid partition table