Hi, Parted 3.4 crashes immediately when I run it: $ sudo ./parted /dev/sdb unit co print unit s print Backtrace has 12 calls on stack: 12: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x49) [0x7f9209b112f9] 11: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.2(ped_geometry_set+0xca) [0x7f9209b1772a] 10: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.2(_ped_partition_alloc+0x66) [0x7f9209b14866] 9: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.2(+0x2b3bf) [0x7f9209b2c3bf] 8: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.2(ped_partition_new+0x6c) [0x7f9209b14d7c] 7: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.2(+0x2c507) [0x7f9209b2d507] 6: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/libparted/.libs/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_new+0x4d) [0x7f9209b1646d] 5: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/parted/.libs/parted(+0x8e19) [0x55e5b59aee19] 4: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/parted/.libs/parted(non_interactive_mode+0xa4) [0x55e5b59b4e14] 3: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/parted/.libs/parted(main+0x1265) [0x55e5b59ad6b5] 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3) [0x7f92098970b3] 1: /home/piloupy/new/software/parted/parted-3.4/parted/.libs/parted(_start+0x2e) [0x55e5b59ad86e] 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 (3.4) along with the error message below, the output of parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print and the following history of commands you entered. Also include any additional information about your setup you consider important. Assertion (start >= 0) at cs/geom.c:157 in function ped_geometry_set() failed. Aborted ---- I tried to use "gdisks" to have futher info: $ sudo gdisk -l /dev/sdb GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.5 Warning! Main and backup partition tables differ! Use the 'c' and 'e' options on the recovery & transformation menu to examine the two tables. Warning! One or more CRCs don't match. You should repair the disk! Main header: OK Backup header: OK Main partition table: OK Backup partition table: ERROR Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: damaged **************************************************************************** Caution: Found protective or hybrid MBR and corrupt GPT. Using GPT, but disk verification and recovery are STRONGLY recommended. **************************************************************************** Warning! Secondary partition table overlaps the last partition by 17798929519030942594 blocks! You will need to delete this partition or resize it in another utility. Disk /dev/sdb: 468862128 sectors, 223.6 GiB Model: KINGSTON SA400S3 Sector size (logical/physical): 512/512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 09080D23-F945-42E1-91A8-D972BACD69D4 Partition table holds up to 128 entries Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33 First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 468862094 Partitions will be aligned on 1-sector boundaries Total free space is 6290 sectors (3.1 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 2048 34815 16.0 MiB 0C01 Microsoft reserved ... 2 34816 467817434 223.1 GiB 0700 Basic data partition 3 467818496 468858879 508.0 MiB 2700 20 16168095968485441544 27022147520040728 15.9 EiB FFFF 构ἀӻ聢耇 24 4222189343605344 8574959245241843840 14.2 EiB FFFF ᯠ 25 2163944437116108824 288617531357396996 15.2 EiB FFFF 26 10960354126732460063 9267845147734048795 384.0 PiB FFFF àǠᮀ࠘`鬀耀耀恠hᬀ瀀ဈǠ... 27 2091658247203127303 288230376151744512 15.1 EiB FFFF 悐 28 1972608935429932032 7069912543168102407 7.7 EiB FFFF ក 29 17334179142672842752 542402406824484119 15.0 EiB FFFF `耀àྀ 30 7530546342544933376 9294973325012697472 15.6 EiB FFFF 耞ἀ 37 8802535497729 67826570215088152 14.1 EiB FFFF 需܄耟᠁恠聠杨܀~蜈 38 63050510747361376 7069244593870535936 7.4 EiB FFFF Ỡ 39 7090038038360752256 17695659393559 3.4 EiB FFFF `ῠ胠眀鼀蜂 40 63067300160634880 288477216528859140 4.1 EiB FFFF ࠀ瀛 41 140741699473160 550173147360 15.9 EiB FFFF 笏à烠怀 42 9225624936180089056 9511848774492754016 15.1 EiB FFFF ကâĀ擠耀耀聠ᜀ܀紀Ӡ἟Ỹ 43 74318739817889792 1945555588795006978 15.0 EiB FFFF g裠ˠȀ鴘恠 44 478888890142 17798929519499804688 319.8 PiB FFFF ០က懷ߠက惾搀က悞耀 45 6917701661173488384 1657466487021469920 16.0 EiB FFFF ÷惯ᴞ退༁ᬛ 46 35764370832875536 315499367907778591 12.2 EiB FFFF Ȁࠀ态 47 28992051729075975 105553124712672 3.2 EiB FFFF 翠 48 27022149516533104 16149064251145721984 7.6 EiB FFFF Ȁ蜀ѠỠ耏ᬘ耀 49 6917671966314856448 668507373109248 239.0 PiB FFFF 耛退ἄ 50 1103345778945 1722626857475569665 13.0 EiB FFFF ᜀ栀 51 540572825916801032 1161365753908461592 3.7 EiB FFFF 怈胠惠ၢ耀怀à技ỷǠᢀ 52 2242616825714073728 63050395236171777 8.1 EiB FFFF ἀx缀༗ࢀᾗက鯠Ḁɠ怄漛蠀肄耀思ᴀ... 53 1153167924075168480 580956612657153 152.1 PiB FFFF Ỡ` 54 6951447312091054080 171699735793524736 13.2 EiB FFFF 耟Ā懠က惠 55 9286422914819686400 43628623680299008 7.4 EiB FFFF ＀܀ 56 772 0 16.0 EiB FFFF 57 26456998543744 36054151836499200 16.0 EiB FFFF ០耛a 58 9007207430217555992 1684346263287390208 12.0 EiB FFFF ᴀ签怀ჸ态脞Ҁ縀ࠀḀ鴇螂胠耀Ỡ... 59 504544857826549789 35905119141003264 15.9 EiB FFFF Đ࡯à脀`à 60 17228265287816601728 63076915671457792 9.1 EiB FFFF 61 9223618396185165851 2270062703970091652 993.0 TiB FFFF ἀПᴀᾀà耞怀脀 62 34621422150098199 16176383957749733120 391.8 PiB FFFF 怀耀~è紀ࠂༀ耀`紀᠁ 63 8444352883916544 6500305796536327 15.1 EiB FFFF  64 36134350135230495 10957117155918742167 1.9 EiB FFFF Ѐ༄ ----- I got some hardware failure before, but I don't know how to fix it since I can't even open a partition tool. Samuel Phan