From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: psusi@ubuntu.com Message-ID: <529605B7.3020903@ubuntu.com> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:46:15 -0500 From: Phillip Susi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karel Zak , Marc MERLIN CC: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Severe fdisk problem leading to data loss? References: <20131118102051.GA31813@merlins.org> <20131124135226.GH11389@merlins.org> <20131125103124.GQ5572@x2.net.home> In-Reply-To: <20131125103124.GQ5572@x2.net.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 List-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/25/2013 5:31 AM, Karel Zak wrote: > This is definitely bug too, because Linux does not care about > partition type and kernel is able to use this partition: Isn't the bug actually in the kernel, not parted? An ID of zero means the slot is unused, so it shouldn't be paying any attention to the start and length. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSlgW3AAoJEI5FoCIzSKrwOiUIAIeaV+yAJZ4kDiU6OZU/jCwp xIHnsyZ7Rg6XvaNBzgKl0RNuKx9ZvrcKJi2o/bmMr+k6dGl/vWO9/TbDfm5bP7gK Z3Pt1GNbrPlXNwD0CQFoXbLi478vOcLG43/BfyISwc89BgKVosKFfVoeIL3YVFvM okUJ9/W0Conasor9XXgT6xNdhEKelM80mWiNGzpUiruespVYO3AiDYp/SQvyfwyt rAifX3tFNg5OULxL7DQSPlhpaknpnFwDB6wGzFW1ynR6vt+v/l3YBKAnczueMtex X19qe4UiNkqHXtlCIvYI3W+MbasCbN/j/dtV7VcZfjvuBJEYX4uzRCq2eAcKxl0= =+lAu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----