Comment 12 for bug 1557334

I can make

# mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1

and mount the device, but if try to make

# parted /dev/sda 1 [fat16/fat32/ext2/..]

i get this message:

root@ample-cactus:~# parted /dev/sda mkfs 1 fat16
WARNING: you are attempting to use parted to operate on (mkfs) a file system.
parted's file system manipulation code is not as robust as what you'll find in
dedicated, file-system-specific packages like e2fsprogs. We recommend
you use parted only to manipulate partition tables, whenever possible.
Support for performing most operations on most types of file systems
will be removed in an upcoming release.
Warning: The existing file system will be destroyed and all data on the partition will be lost. Do you want to continue?
parted: invalid token: 1
Yes/No? Yes
Partition number? 1
File system type? [ext2]? fat16
Backtrace has 9 calls on stack:
  9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7ffa7964c4b1]
  8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(+0x25d53) [0x7ffa79662d53]
  7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(fat_create+0x189) [0x7ffa79665fd9]
  6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(ped_file_system_create+0x51) [0x7ffa7964def1]
  5: parted() [0x4083b1]
  4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0x8f) [0x40dc5f]
  3: parted(main+0x146d) [0x4064ed]
  2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7ffa78e2aec5]
  1: parted() [0x406617]

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Assertion (bs != NULL) at ../../../../libparted/fs/fat/bootsector.c:282 in function fat_boot_sector_set_boot_code() failed.

Aborted (core dumped)