Any thoughts on this ? Did anyone get a chance to look at this ? thanks, rahul
--- On Mon, 1/8/11, rahul dev <rahul_dev_...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > From: rahul dev <rahul_dev_...@yahoo.co.in> > Subject: Re: Bug in gpt_probe() > To: "Brian C. Lane" <b...@redhat.com> > Cc: bug-parted@gnu.org > Date: Monday, 1 August, 2011, 11:30 PM > Yeah, its very simple. Just zero out > the primary gpt header (ie lba=1) using dd command. > Try to read the gpt partition table. libparted will fail to > read it although the secondary partition table at the end of > disk is intact and still valid. > > thanks, > rahul > > --- On Mon, 1/8/11, Brian C. Lane <b...@redhat.com> > wrote: > > > From: Brian C. Lane <b...@redhat.com> > > Subject: Re: Bug in gpt_probe() > > To: "rahul dev" <rahul_dev_...@yahoo.co.in> > > Cc: bug-parted@gnu.org > > Date: Monday, 1 August, 2011, 10:29 PM > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 10:00:58AM > > +0530, rahul dev wrote: > > > Guys, > > > > > > Looks like there is a bug in > > gpt_probe(). In case it reads the primary header > > successfully but doesn't find a gpt signature, it > returns 0 > > and doesn't check for the secondary gpt table. > > > > > > This seems to be a serious bug. Can anyone take a > look > > ? > > > > Can you describe a reliable way to reproduce it? > Preferably > > using a > > disk image file as a test. > > > > -- > > Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | > Port > > Orchard, WA (PST8PDT) > > > _______________________________________________ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted
