This is probably specific to the old version of parted in 16.04. Please try upgrading to 18.04 or building parted yourself from git.
Nick Elsmore writes: > parted crashes when I follow the below command history. I am able to > reproduce this issue. parted launches fine and selects fine in other > configurations. > > uname -a: > Linux LINUX-Z370ITX 4.15.0-47-generic #50~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 15 > 16:06:21 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Command history: > sudo parted > help > print > print devices > select /dev/sdc > > (parted) select /dev/sdc > Backtrace has 14 calls on stack: > 14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x44) [0x7fc85b4c4e94] > 13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_init+0xd0) > [0x7fc85b4cb9b0] > 12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_new+0x56) > [0x7fc85b4cba66] > 11: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_exact+0xa8) > [0x7fc85b4cc338] > 10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x22ba7) [0x7fc85b4dcba7] > 9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x22c76) [0x7fc85b4dcc76] > 8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0xf8ba) [0x7fc85b4c98ba] > 7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_delete_all+0x62) > [0x7fc85b4ca442] > 6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x21f59) [0x7fc85b4dbf59] > 5: parted(+0x6a8b) [0x563c4c5fea8b] > 4: parted(interactive_mode+0x120) [0x563c4c605000] > 3: parted(main+0x1386) [0x563c4c5fe186] > 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7fc85aca1830] > 1: parted(_start+0x29) [0x563c4c5fe1e9] > > Assertion (max_size > 0) at ../../libparted/cs/constraint.c:71 in function > ped_constraint_init() failed. > > sudo parted /dev/sdc unit co print unit s print > Model: SanDisk Cruzer (scsi) > Disk /dev/sdc: 8004MB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: msdos > Disk Flags: > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > 1 16.4kB 8004MB 8004MB primary fat32 boot > > Model: SanDisk Cruzer (scsi) > Disk /dev/sdc: 15633408s > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: msdos > Disk Flags: > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > 1 32s 15633407s 15633376s primary fat32 boot > > > [Logo Witekio Sept 17]<https://witekio.com/> > Nick Elsmore > Embedded Software Engineer > > [email] nelsm...@witekio.com<mailto:ajo...@witekio.com> > [office] 415-328-3671 > Witekio > 3150 Richards Rd, > Suite 210 > Bellevue, WA 98005 > www.witekio.com<http:/www.witekio.com> > > [Witekio carte de voeux 2019]<https://witekio.com/blog/> > > Make your ideas grow in 2019!