Package: parted;
Reported by: Rauno Viskus <rviskus <at> gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:31:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Phil Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: Rauno Viskus <rviskus <at> gmail.com> To: 25198 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#25198: closed (Re: bug#25198: bug: assertion (metadata_length > 0) failed) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:52:49 +0300
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Used fdisk or gparted to remove partition. Partition itself was created by install process of debian. Rauno On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 6:16 PM, GNU bug Tracking System < help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> wrote: > Your bug report > > #25198: bug: assertion (metadata_length > 0) failed > > which was filed against the parted package, has been closed. > > The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. > If you require more details, please reply to 25198 <at> debbugs.gnu.org. > > -- > 25198: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=25198 > GNU Bug Tracking System > Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Phil Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com> > To: Rauno Viskus <rviskus <at> gmail.com>, 25198-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:17:05 -0400 > Subject: Re: bug#25198: bug: assertion (metadata_length > 0) failed > On 12/13/2016 6:09 PM, Rauno Viskus wrote: > > As much as I found searching aroud mentioned about partitions needing at > > least a sector in between eachother for metadata - is that it? Weird > thing > > is that everything worked before I removed my Windows partition from the > > gap in between sda1 and sda3. > > > > Output of fdisk -l: > > > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 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 > > Disklabel type: dos > > Disk identifier: 0x9a232254 > > > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > > /dev/sda1 * 2048 3074047 3072000 1.5G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT > > /dev/sda3 397805566 485435391 87629826 41.8G 5 Extended > > /dev/sda5 397805568 436865023 39059456 18.6G 83 Linux > > /dev/sda6 436867072 466163711 29296640 14G 83 Linux > > /dev/sda7 466163712 485435391 19271680 9.2G 82 Linux swap / > Solaris > > Yes, you have to have at least one sector between partitions for the > chained EBR. I'm curious as to what messed up partitioning tool created > this layout. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rauno Viskus <rviskus <at> gmail.com> > To: bug-parted <at> gnu.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 01:09:57 +0200 > Subject: bug: assertion (metadata_length > 0) failed > Hi, > > Running > > parted -l > > > crashes with > > Backtrace has 15 calls on stack: > 15: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x44) > [0x7f58e0393644] > 14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x20b26) [0x7f58e03a6b26] > 13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x120aa) [0x7f58e03980aa] > 12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_add_partition+0x263) > [0x7f58e03989a3] > 11: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x20405) [0x7f58e03a6405] > 10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x204a0) [0x7f58e03a64a0] > 9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x204a0) [0x7f58e03a64a0] > 8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x2043f) [0x7f58e03a643f] > 7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x21555) [0x7f58e03a7555] > 6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_new+0x48) > [0x7f58e03985c8] > 5: parted() [0x407769] > 4: parted() [0x4069cf] > 3: parted(main+0x11b2) [0x405f82] > 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) > [0x7f58dfb88b45] > 1: parted() [0x405fc7] > > > 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 (3.2) > 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 (metadata_length > 0) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:2313 in > function add_logical_part_metadata() failed. > > > As much as I found searching aroud mentioned about partitions needing at > least a sector in between eachother for metadata - is that it? Weird thing > is that everything worked before I removed my Windows partition from the > gap in between sda1 and sda3. > > Output of fdisk -l: > > > Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 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 > Disklabel type: dos > Disk identifier: 0x9a232254 > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/sda1 * 2048 3074047 3072000 1.5G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT > /dev/sda3 397805566 485435391 87629826 41.8G 5 Extended > /dev/sda5 397805568 436865023 39059456 18.6G 83 Linux > /dev/sda6 436867072 466163711 29296640 14G 83 Linux > /dev/sda7 466163712 485435391 19271680 9.2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris > > > BR, > Rauno > >
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