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I tried to use gpart for a quick check whether it could recover the broken partition table from a (relatively unimportant) USB stick image. I was greeted with the error message > *** Fatal error: ioctl(HDIO_GETGEO) failed: Invalid argument. I admit this is sufficient for the initiated. However, it will lead the uninitiated towards using the device itself, instead of the image. At least that is what I did, being in the hurry I was. That got rid of the message all right - allthough I feel using the device instead of the copy is somehow the "wrong way". Also, the "device itself" is rather slow in my paticular case. In my view, an addition to the error message would be helpful. I suggest something like the following: > *** Fatal error: ioctl(HDIO_GETGEO) failed: Invalid argument. > Disc geometry information could not be read. > (Maybe you want to try either the -C or the -g option.) Regards, and thank you for providing fine software Andreas - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Schlüssel 0xA207E340 (http://www.pca.dfn.de/dfnpca/pgpkserv/) Fingerprint B46B C7BA FFEE AD41 35DD 49C3 9D6A E529 A207 E340 - -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages gpart depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an - -- no debconf information -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDksFZnWrlKaIH40ARApT4AKCJkQEwMw8QfPj+k5AGOZfMgZfuRwCgg7pt 5tagQzqxWW8RaNDBSTcm1jM= =2mI2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
