ubuntu@ubuntu:~/parted-2.2$ sudo ./parted/parted -l Model: ATA ST9320421ASG (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 320GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 115MB 115MB primary fat16 2 115MB 10.9GB 10.7GB primary ntfs 3 10.9GB 213GB 202GB primary ntfs boot 4 213GB 320GB 107GB extended 5 213GB 316GB 103GB logical ext3 6 316GB 320GB 4409MB logical linux-swap(v1) Backtrace has 15 calls on stack: 15: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7f7a31860d81] 14: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.0(+0x3c376) [0x7f7a3188a376] 13: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.0(+0x3cae3) [0x7f7a3188aae3] 12: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.0(+0x3d78d) [0x7f7a3188b78d] 11: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_add_partition+0x1cb) [0x7f7a3186748b] 10: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.0(+0x3eb96) [0x7f7a3188cb96] 9: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.0(+0x3ed45) [0x7f7a3188cd45] 8: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x75) [0x7f7a31867f65] 7: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/parted/.libs/lt-parted() [0x4071dc] 6: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/parted/.libs/lt-parted() [0x40808d] 5: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/parted/.libs/lt-parted() [0x40a044] 4: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/parted/.libs/lt-parted() [0x40b23f] 3: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/parted/.libs/lt-parted(main+0x2c) [0x40b34c] 2: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f7a31066c4d] 1: /home/ubuntu/parted-2.2/parted/.libs/lt-parted() [0x405809] 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 (2.2) 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 (head_size <= 63) at dos.c:659 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed. Aborted (core dumped)