Startup Disk Creator unable to format USB drive - Error modifying partition: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_change_partition
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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usb-creator (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After authenticating, Startup Disk Creator gave an error message:
org.freedesktop
Entering MS-DOS parser (offset=0, size=2048729600)
MSDOS_MAGIC found
looking at part 0 (offset 1048576, size 2046820352, type 0x0b)
new part entry
looking at part 1 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00)
new part entry
looking at part 2 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00)
new part entry
looking at part 3 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00)
new part entry
Exiting MS-DOS parser
MSDOS partition table detected
containing partition table scheme = 0
got it
got disk
got partition
changed partition to start=1048576 size=2047046144
committed to disk
ugh, offset or size changed
offset: 1048576
size: 2046820352
new_offset: 1048576
new_size: 2047046144
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.47
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 25 17:12:18 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-17 (36 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130211)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: usb-creator
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
The 3rd time I tried I was able to successfully format the USB drive.