Hello, (sorry if duplicate, but my previous send doesn't seem to appear on the mailing list !)
I got a problem here with my MBR partition table and parted 3.2 which only detects a "loop" partition table while 2.3 is ok. ---------------------------------------------------- Things are working perfectly with parted 2.3: GNU Parted 2.3 Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD160JJ (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 160GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 41.1MB 41.1MB primary fat32 hidden 2 41.1MB 51.6GB 51.5GB primary ntfs boot 3 51.6GB 72.9GB 21.3GB primary ntfs hidden 4 72.9GB 160GB 87.1GB extended lba 5 101GB 105GB 4294MB logical ntfs 6 105GB 131GB 25.2GB logical ntfs 7 131GB 156GB 25.2GB logical ntfs 8 156GB 160GB 4345MB logical ntfs Or the same with "parted /dev/sda unit s print": Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD160JJ (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 312581808s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 63s 80324s 80262s primary fat32 hidden 2 80325s 100743614s 100663290s primary ntfs boot 3 100743615s 142400159s 41656545s primary ntfs hidden 4 142400160s 312580095s 170179936s extended lba 5 197243552s 205630014s 8386463s logical ntfs 6 205632063s 254935484s 49303422s logical ntfs 7 254935548s 304094384s 49158837s logical ntfs 8 304094448s 312580095s 8485648s logical ntfs ---------------------------------------------------- However, parted 3.2 does not read the partition table properly anymore and goes in "loop" mode: GNU Parted 3.2 Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD160JJ (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 160GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Disk Flags: Number Start End Size File system Flags 1 0.00B 160GB 160GB fat32 Or the same with "parted /dev/sda unit s print": Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD160JJ (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 312581808s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Disk Flags: Number Start End Size File system Flags 1 0s 312581807s 312581808s fat32 ---------------------------------------------------- Note: I am using the GParted Live CD's, booting them, so I have no way to test any version of parted other than the ones on these CD's, which are 2.3 and 3.2 to date. ---------------------------------------------------- Besides that, lsblk, fdisk, cfdisk, fsdisk all work perfectly: root@debian:~# lsblk -o name,maj:min,rm,size,ro,type,fstype,label,mountpoint NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE FSTYPE LABEL MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 149.1G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 39.2M 0 part vfat DOSGUB4DOS ├─sda2 8:2 0 48G 0 part ntfs WIN7 ├─sda3 8:3 0 19.9G 0 part ntfs ├─sda4 8:4 0 1K 0 part ├─sda5 8:5 0 4G 0 part ntfs SWAP_XP ├─sda6 8:6 0 23.5G 0 part ntfs WINAPP_XP ├─sda7 8:7 0 23.5G 0 part ntfs WINAPP_W7 └─sda8 8:8 0 4G 0 part ntfs SWAP_W7 sdb 8:16 0 698.7G 0 disk nvidia_raid_member ├─sdb2 8:18 0 1K 0 part ├─sdb5 8:21 0 29.5G 0 part ntfs DATA ├─sdb6 8:22 0 98.3G 0 part ntfs CD_IMAGE ├─sdb7 8:23 0 1G 0 part vfat DOS_APPS ├─sdb8 8:24 0 343.6G 0 part ntfs SAVE ├─sdb9 8:25 0 49.3G 0 part ntfs VIRTUAL └─nvidia_deicejfc (dm-0) 254:0 0 698.7G 0 dmraid ├─nvidia_deicejfc5 (dm-1) 254:1 0 29.5G 0 dmraid ntfs DATA ├─nvidia_deicejfc6 (dm-2) 254:2 0 98.3G 0 dmraid ntfs CD_IMAGE ├─nvidia_deicejfc7 (dm-3) 254:3 0 1G 0 dmraid vfat DOS_APPS /mnt/dm3 ├─nvidia_deicejfc8 (dm-4) 254:4 0 343.6G 0 dmraid ntfs SAVE └─nvidia_deicejfc9 (dm-5) 254:5 0 49.3G 0 dmraid ntfs VIRTUAL sdc 8:32 0 698.7G 0 disk nvidia_raid_member ├─sdc2 8:34 0 1K 0 part ├─sdc5 8:37 0 29.5G 0 part ntfs DATA ├─sdc6 8:38 0 98.3G 0 part ntfs CD_IMAGE ├─sdc7 8:39 0 1G 0 part vfat DOS_APPS ├─sdc8 8:40 0 343.6G 0 part ntfs SAVE ├─sdc9 8:41 0 49.3G 0 part ntfs VIRTUAL └─nvidia_deicejfc (dm-0) 254:0 0 698.7G 0 dmraid ├─nvidia_deicejfc5 (dm-1) 254:1 0 29.5G 0 dmraid ntfs DATA ├─nvidia_deicejfc6 (dm-2) 254:2 0 98.3G 0 dmraid ntfs CD_IMAGE ├─nvidia_deicejfc7 (dm-3) 254:3 0 1G 0 dmraid vfat DOS_APPS /mnt/dm3 ├─nvidia_deicejfc8 (dm-4) 254:4 0 343.6G 0 dmraid ntfs SAVE └─nvidia_deicejfc9 (dm-5) 254:5 0 49.3G 0 dmraid ntfs VIRTUAL sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom sr1 11:1 1 195M 0 rom udf GParted-live /lib/live/mount/medium loop0 7:0 0 164.1M 1 loop squashfs /lib/live/mount/rootfs/filesystem.squashfs ============================================ root@debian:~# fdisk -l -u /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 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 Disk identifier: 0x165e165e Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 1b Hidden W95 FAT32 /dev/sda2 * 80325 100743614 50331645 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 100743615 142400159 20828272+ 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 142400160 312580095 85089968 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 197243552 205630014 4193231+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 205632063 254935484 24651711 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda7 254935548 304094384 24579418+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda8 304094448 312580095 4242824 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT ============================================ sfdisk is ok also: root@debian:~# sfdisk -l -u s /dev/sda unrecognized format - using sectors Disk /dev/sda: 19457 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System /dev/sda1 63 80324 80262 1b Hidden W95 FAT32 /dev/sda2 * 80325 100743614 100663290 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 100743615 142400159 41656545 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 142400160 312580095 170179936 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 197243552 205630014 8386463 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 205632063 254935484 49303422 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda7 254935548 304094384 49158837 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda8 304094448 312580095 8485648 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT root@debian:~# sfdisk -l -u S -x /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 19457 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System /dev/sda1 63 80324 80262 1b Hidden W95 FAT32 /dev/sda2 * 80325 100743614 100663290 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 100743615 142400159 41656545 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 142400160 312580095 170179936 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 197243552 205630014 8386463 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT - 205632000 254935484 49303485 5 Extended - 142400160 142400159 0 0 Empty - 142400160 142400159 0 0 Empty /dev/sda6 205632063 254935484 49303422 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT - 254935485 304094384 49158900 5 Extended - 205632000 205631999 0 0 Empty - 205632000 205631999 0 0 Empty /dev/sda7 254935548 304094384 49158837 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT - 304094385 312580095 8485711 5 Extended - 254935485 254935484 0 0 Empty - 254935485 254935484 0 0 Empty /dev/sda8 304094448 312580095 8485648 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT - 304094385 304094384 0 0 Empty - 304094385 304094384 0 0 Empty - 304094385 304094384 0 0 Empty root@debian:~# sfdisk -V /dev/sda Warning: partition 4 does not end at a cylinder boundary Warning: partition 5 does not start at a cylinder boundary Warning: partition 5 does not end at a cylinder boundary Warning: partition [8] does not end at a cylinder boundary Warning: partition 8 does not end at a cylinder boundary /dev/sda: OK ============================================ I suspect the problem is with my MBR contents ...It has Grub4dos in there, to multiboot between my DOS, XP and Win7 partitions. Problem is happening whether it is version 0.4.5c o 0.4.6a. In case that can help, here is the contents of my /dev/sda MBR root@debian:~# dd if=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1 | hexdump -C 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 512 bytes copied, 0.000732162 s, 699 kB/s 00000000 eb 5e 80 00 20 39 ff ff 00 00 00 00 02 01 63 00 |.^.. 9........c.| 00000010 02 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 00 00 00 |........?.......| 00000020 c5 39 01 00 6a 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 |.9..j...........| 00000030 01 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000040 80 00 29 7b 3c d6 9c 4e 4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20 |..){<..NO NAME | 00000050 20 20 46 41 54 33 32 20 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 | FAT32 ......| 00000060 fa 31 db 8e d3 bc 80 05 e8 00 00 5b 81 eb 6b 00 |.1.........[..k.| 00000070 c1 eb 04 8c c8 01 c3 8e db 53 6a 7d cb 68 00 20 |.........Sj}.h. | 00000080 17 bc 00 90 fb 16 07 b9 12 00 b8 01 02 89 cb 4b |...............K| 00000090 c1 e3 09 ba 80 00 51 53 e8 a4 00 5b 59 72 04 e2 |......QS...[Yr..| 000000a0 e9 f6 dc 0e 1f 9c 31 f6 31 ff b9 df 00 fc f3 a5 |......1.1.......| 000000b0 bb fc 1f 66 b8 05 4d cb 93 66 39 07 75 03 e8 39 |...f..M..f9.u..9| 000000c0 1c ea c6 00 00 20 16 1f 66 39 07 74 28 66 60 bf |..... ..f9.t(f`.| 000000d0 03 00 b8 11 02 99 bb 00 02 b9 02 00 e8 80 00 73 |...............s| 000000e0 02 75 ef 66 61 66 39 07 75 4d c7 06 06 00 00 ff |.u.faf9.uM......| 000000f0 80 26 02 00 fe 9d 72 33 0e 1f ad 88 e6 ad 89 c1 |.&....r3........| 00000100 24 3f 74 14 b0 01 bf 03 00 b4 02 68 00 0d 07 31 |$?t........h...1| 00000110 db e8 4b 00 73 03 75 f1 f9 e8 5c 11 0f 87 f3 1b |..K.s.u...\.....| 00000120 83 c6 0c 81 fe fe 01 72 cf 77 0c be b2 31 b0 04 |.......r.w...1..| 00000130 b9 01 00 31 d2 eb cf be 91 01 e8 4d 00 eb fe 1e |...1.......M....| 00000140 06 52 56 57 55 f9 cd 13 5d 5f 5e 5a 07 1f c3 fa |.RVWU...]_^Z....| 00000150 b8 00 20 8e d0 bc dc 8f fb 66 61 07 1f eb c1 60 |.. ......fa....`| 00000160 50 53 51 fe c8 00 c1 d0 e0 00 c7 b0 01 e8 cf ff |PSQ.............| 00000170 59 5b 58 72 04 fe c8 75 e7 61 73 09 60 31 c0 e8 |Y[Xr...u.as.`1..| 00000180 bd ff 61 4f f9 c3 b4 0e cd 10 2e ac 3c 00 75 f6 |..aO........<.u.| 00000190 c3 0d 0a 4d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 20 4d 42 52 2d 68 |...Missing MBR-h| 000001a0 65 6c 70 65 72 2e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |elper...........| 000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5e 16 5e 16 00 00 00 01 |........^.^.....| 000001c0 01 00 1b fe 3f 04 3f 00 00 00 86 39 01 00 80 00 |....?.?....9....| 000001d0 01 05 07 fe ff ff c5 39 01 00 fa ff ff 05 00 fe |.......9........| 000001e0 ff ff 17 fe ff ff bf 39 01 06 e1 a0 7b 02 00 fe |.......9....{...| 000001f0 ff ff 0f fe ff ff a0 da 7c 08 60 bd 24 0a 55 aa |........|.`.$.U.| 00000200 ---------------------------------------------------- So I am at a loss .. what is going wrong which makes parted 3.2 not interpret my partition table correctly, while parted 2.3 is ok ? How should I correct things ? (or is there a bug in parted 3.2 ??) Thank you in advance for any feedback .. or ready to provide more if you suspect a problem in parted 3.2. Thanks, and best regards, Erwin9