GNU bug report logs - #51551
error during installation or by using gparted

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Package: parted;

Reported by: Hofer <U12345 <at> t-online.de>

Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 14:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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

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