Ubuntu
parted package

  1. Bug #945433
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 945433

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Ahmad Moawya (ahmadmoawya) wrote : Re: gparted crashes on scanning GPT formatted drive

Here are my findings thus far:

1- Ubuntu does not detect any partitions during boot. (don't see them in the file manager)

2- Checking the system log, I get "unknown partition map" or something similar to this.

3- Gparted (and parted-server when I run the installer) crash.
Runnung parted thru terminal, I get "Assertion (last_usable <= disk->dev->length) at ../../../libparted/labels/gpt.c:718 in function _parse_header() failed."

I verified my disk using GPT fdisk (gdisk) and verification was successful (found valid GPT and protective MBR)
Mac OS X disk utility verification finds no problems whatsoever.
Interestingly, I tried an Ubuntu 10.04 live CD I had and it detected the partition, Gparted works fine, partition are listed in nautilus, and I can mount them.

I suspect this issue is either related to parted binary or the newer linux kernel.

Feel free if you have any questions.