Package: util-linux Version: 2.31.1-0.4 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
the command > partx --show /dev/sda prints > partx: /dev/sda: failed to read partition table However, > fdisk -l /dev/sda results in > Disk /dev/sda: 119,2 GiB, 128035676160 bytes, 250069680 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 > Disklabel type: dos > Disk identifier: 0x0006f804 > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/sda1 2048 62736383 62734336 29,9G 83 Linux > /dev/sda3 62736384 204175359 141438976 67,5G 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 204175360 250068991 45893632 21,9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris The partition table seems to be completely valid according to fdisk. There are no problems by using the disk's partitions. The partitions have probably been created with cfdisk and changed with gparted, where the second partition has been deleted. The relevant part of a hexdump of this disk: > 00001b0 10cd 3cac 7500 c3f4 f804 0006 0000 2000 > 00001c0 0021 fe83 ffff 0800 0000 4000 03bd 0000 > 00001d0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 fe00 > 00001e0 ffff fe83 ffff 4800 03bd 3000 086e fe00 > 00001f0 ffff fe82 ffff 7800 0c2b 4800 02bc aa55 Due to usage of little endianness, this looks correct according to > https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Boot_Record#Aufbau_der_Partitionstabelle (sorry, in German, but great figure) or > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record#Partition_table_entries Even if it were wrong, fdisk and partx should have identical results. -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'stable'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (400, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-rc8-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de:en_US (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages util-linux depends on: ii fdisk 2.30.2-0.3 ii libblkid1 2.31.1-0.1 ii libc6 2.26-6 ii libmount1 2.30.2-0.3 ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.7 ii libselinux1 2.7-2+b1 ii libsmartcols1 2.30.2-0.3 ii libsystemd0 236-3 ii libtinfo5 6.0+20171125-1 ii libudev1 236-3 ii libuuid1 2.30.2-0.3 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5 util-linux recommends no packages. Versions of packages util-linux suggests: ii dosfstools 4.1-1 ii kbd 2.0.4-2 pn util-linux-locales <none> -- debconf information: util-linux/noauto-with-nonzero-passnum:
