Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-disk-utility
Error erasing: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_del_partition: device_file=/dev/sdd, offset=16384 Entering MS-DOS parser (offset=0, size=262799360) MSDOS_MAGIC found looking at part 0 (offset 16384, size 263307264, type 0x06) new part entry looking at part 1 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry looking at part 2 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry looking at part 3 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry Exiting MS-DOS parser MSDOS partition table detected got it Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk! ped_disk_new() failed Here is how fdisk sees the partition: $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdd Disk /dev/sdd: 262 MB, 262799360 bytes 2 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4073 cylinders Units = cylinders of 126 * 512 = 64512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x2c945164 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 * 1 4082 257136 6 FAT16 Erasing device /dev/sdd worked ... Thanks ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Feb 6 10:48:01 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 2.28.0+git20091012-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686 ** Affects: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- palimpsest cannot delete partition/MSDOS_MAGIC found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518087 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs