Subject: Re: bug#51551: error during installation or by using gparted
From: "Brian C. Lane" <[email-masked]>
To: Hofer <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:31:23 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 11:25:17AM +0000, Hofer wrote:
> Assertion (metadata_length > 0) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:2352 in
> function add_logical_part_metadata() failed.

This means that whatever tool created the partition on your disk didn't
leave enough space for the extended partition's metadata. There isn't
anything parted can do about that, and the only way to fix that is to
re-partition your disk.

Brian

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