I'm receiving the following error when trying to repartition and reformat a USB flash drive via parted using a simple script. The bug follows:
/sbin/parted -s /dev/sdb mkpart primary fat32
Backtrace has 14 calls on stack:
14: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0(ped_assert+0x3b) [0x10af3b]
13: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x146194]
12: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x146f4d]
11: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x1483c7]
10: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x1103e7]
9: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0(ped_disk_add_partition+0x295) [0x112e65]
8: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x14a2c3]
7: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x14a505]
6: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0(ped_disk_new+0xa3) [0x113c23]
5: /sbin/parted [0x804e2ef]
4: /sbin/parted(non_interactive_mode+0x7c) [0x8052c9c]
3: /sbin/parted(main+0x58) [0x8050f58]
2: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc) [0x94cebc]
1: /sbin/parted [0x804b521]
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 (1.8.1)
along with the error message below, the output of
parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print
and additional information about your setup you consider important.
Assertion (head_size <= 63) at dos.c:623 in function probe_partition_for_geom()
failed.
Backtrace has 15 calls on stack:
15: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0(ped_assert+0x3b) [0x10af3b]
14: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x146194]
13: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x146f4d]
12: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x1483c7]
11: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x1103e7]
10: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0(ped_disk_add_partition+0x295) [0x112e65]
9: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x14a2c3]
8: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x14a505]
7: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x14a7a5]
6: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0(ped_disk_new+0xa3) [0x113c23]
5: /sbin/parted [0x804e2ef]
4: /sbin/parted(non_interactive_mode+0x7c) [0x8052c9c]
3: /sbin/parted(main+0x58) [0x8050f58]
2: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc) [0x94cebc]
1: /sbin/parted [0x804b521]
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 (1.8.1)
along with the error message below, the output of
parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print
and additional information about your setup you consider important.
Assertion (head_size <= 63) at dos.c:623 in function probe_partition_for_geom()
failed.
Output of parted /dev/sdb unit co print unit s print:
parted /dev/sdb unit co print unit s print
Backtrace has 14 calls on stack:
14: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0(ped_assert+0x3b) [0x10af3b]
13: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x146194]
12: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x146f4d]
11: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x1483c7]
10: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x1103e7]
9: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0(ped_disk_add_partition+0x295) [0x112e65]
8: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x14a2c3]
7: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0 [0x14a505]
6: /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.0(ped_disk_new+0xa3) [0x113c23]
5: parted [0x804d21b]
4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0x7c) [0x8052c9c]
3: parted(main+0x58) [0x8050f58]
2: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc) [0x94cebc]
1: parted [0x804b521]
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 (1.8.1)
along with the error message below, the output of
parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print
and additional information about your setup you consider important.
Assertion (head_size <= 63) at dos.c:623 in function probe_partition_for_geom()
failed.
parted: invalid token: unit
Ignore/Cancel?
Model: Kingston DT 100 G2 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 3927MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 4129kB 3927MB 3923MB primary fat32 boot, lba
Anyone have any ideas?
Andrew Reis
Networking/Windows Support
DBMS Inc.