GNU bug report logs - #38783
GPT case that parted can't handle

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Package: parted;

Reported by: Jason Mancini <jayrusman <at> hotmail.com>

Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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Message #11 received at 38783 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Mancini <jayrusman <at> hotmail.com>
To: "38783 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <38783 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: feedback
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 01:47:06 +0000

> Did you try to repair the backup partition table with 'gdisk'?
> Best regards
> Nio

Nice, gdisk correctly handles the situation.  Literally: gdisk, write, quit.
Can we get parted and fdisk/cfdisk to be as clever, and not discard the first table because the second table is inaccessible?  That's the whole point of having two tables ...

This bug causes Linux installers to overwrite working Windows installations.

Jason
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 164 days ago.

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