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error during installation or by using gparted

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From: Hofer <U12345 <at> t-online.de>
To: bug-parted <at> gnu.org
Subject: error during installation or by using gparted
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 11:25:17 +0000

Hi

this is Udo

I've a problem by installation LM 20.2 Cinnamon

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Before there was 20.1 running

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This is a multiboot OS

WIN10/LM20

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WIN10 is still running


This is the error

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sorry , some words are in german

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LM 20.1 Cinnamon war drauf
Wollte LM20.2 installieren
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Fehlermeldung bei Installation
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Bei folgendem Befehl
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inxi -Fz
....
taucht folgendes auf
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  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.4 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma
mint <at> mint:~$ inxi -Fz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.4
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Medion product: E7222 v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Medion model: E7222 v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: 206 date: 04/13/2012
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 28.7 Wh condition: 28.7/48.4 Wh (59%)
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-2350M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  L2 cache: 3072 KiB
  Speed: 798 MHz min/max: 800/2300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798
  3: 798 4: 798
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
  driver: i915 v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: 
fbdev,vesa
  resolution: 1600x900~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
  v: 3.3 Mesa 20.2.6
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
  driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 driver: iwlwifi
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
  driver: r8169
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 374.97 GiB (32.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS727575A9E364 size: 698.64 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: MK5065GSX size: 465.76 GiB
  ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0
  size: 3.77 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 3.84 GiB used: 226.6 MiB (5.8%) fs: overlay source: 
ERR-102
  ID-2: /var/log size: 1.70 GiB used: 9.5 MiB (0.5%) fs: ext4 dev: 
/dev/sdc3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 216 Uptime: 41m Memory: 7.67 GiB used: 1.41 GiB (18.4%)
  Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38
mint <at> mint:~$ ^C
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LM 20.2 taucht nur auf
weil das auf dem Installationsstick drauf ist
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Bei Problemen mit HDD/SSD und der Installation könnte auch die Anzeige von
Code: [Auswählen]

sudo parted --list

hilfreich sein.
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mint <at> mint:~$ sudo parted --list
Backtrace has 14 calls on stack:
  14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x49) 
[0x7fef0f3cb6a9]
  13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x25159) [0x7fef0f3e3159]
  12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x122fa) [0x7fef0f3d02fa]
  11: 
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_add_partition+0x1bc) 
[0x7fef0f3d0b5c]
  10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x24a13) [0x7fef0f3e2a13]
  9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x24aaf) [0x7fef0f3e2aaf]
  8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x24a4b) [0x7fef0f3e2a4b]
  7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x25a37) [0x7fef0f3e3a37]
  6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_new+0x4c) 
[0x7fef0f3d081c]
  5: parted(+0x8e49) [0x55c5d58afe49]
  4: parted(+0x8345) [0x55c5d58af345]
  3: parted(main+0x13ca) [0x55c5d58ae83a]
  2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3) 
[0x7fef0f1730b3]
  1: parted(_start+0x2e) [0x55c5d58ae89e]


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 (3.3)
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:2352 in
function add_logical_part_metadata() failed.

Aborted
mint <at> mint:~$

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Regards

Udo

Message #10 received at 51551-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: Hofer <U12345 <at> t-online.de>
Cc: 51551-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51551: error during installation or by using gparted
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:31:23 -0700

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

-- 
Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart

Message #13 received at 51551-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Hofer <u12345 <at> t-online.de>
To: Brian C. Lane <bcl <at> redhat.com>
Cc: "51551-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <51551-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#51551: error during installation or by using gparted
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2021 18:43:06 +0300

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