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From: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: BUG: fdisk fails silently if EBR is outside of disk
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:48:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50B8E344.9080405@ubuntu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121130105659.GA21271@x2.net.home>

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On 11/30/2012 5:56 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
> Fixed (I hope).
> 
> # ./fdisk /dev/loop0 You must set cylinders. You can do this from
> the extra functions menu. Failed to read extended partition table
> (offset=462748414) Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table
> 5 Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 Warning:
> ignoring extra data in partition table 5 Warning: invalid flag
> 0x1919 of partition table 5 will be corrected by w(rite) Welcome to
> fdisk (util-linux 2.22.269-6b3e3).
> 
> Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write
> them. Be careful before using the write command.
> 
> 
> Command (m for help): p
> 
> Disk /dev/loop0: 0 MB, 512 bytes, 1 sectors Units = sectors of 1 *
> 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512
> bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk
> identifier: 0x0002a9f0
> 
> Device       Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id   System 
> /dev/loop0p1             256   462748159   231373952   83    Linux 
> /dev/loop0p2       462748414   464843519     1047553    5 Extended 
> /dev/loop0p5   ?   883823639  1304898863   210537612+  19  Unknown

If it could not read the EBR, where did it come up with the p5 entry?



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  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-30 16:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-30 10:56 BUG: fdisk fails silently if EBR is outside of disk Karel Zak
2012-11-30 16:48 ` Phillip Susi [this message]
2012-11-30 20:34   ` Karel Zak

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