Bug#504747: gnu-fdisk: wipes out MBR when used on GPT partitions [PATCH]
Hi! A small patch to resolve this problem can be found here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2008-12/msg00015.html As I mentioned in the bug-parted list, this patch is a temporary solution. Please try it and report any errors. Comments and suggestions are welcome! Happy partitioning! :) Christian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#504747: gnu-fdisk: wipes out MBR when used on GPT partitions
Hi, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote: Upstream is MIA. It is up to the Release Team to decide whether gnu-fdisk is suitable for release or not. I do not have time to argue. I'm wondering about the MIA. When I asked on the mailinglist regarding the current state of gnu-fdisk I got a prompt reply by Leslie Polzer: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-fdisk/2008-12/msg1.html So we can expect to get a new release soon (I'll try to release it today and no excuses.). Looking at the current state of gnu-fdisk in Debian: should we think about getting the new GNU fdisk release into Lenny? And according to Leslie the GNU fdisk maintainer(s) don't seem to be informed about issues like: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504747 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445304 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504099 I can't find any forwarded information in the bugreports too. How was upstream informed about this? thx regards, -mika- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#504747: gnu-fdisk: wipes out MBR when used on GPT partitions
On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 10:04:13PM +1100, Mark Purcell wrote: Are you in a position to comment on this report, are you able to reproduce, have you been able to discuss with upstream? Upstream is MIA. It is up to the Release Team to decide whether gnu-fdisk is suitable for release or not. I do not have time to argue. Cheers, -- .''`. Aurélien GÉRÔME : :' : `. `'` Debian Developer `- Unix Sys Net Admin signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#504747: gnu-fdisk: wipes out MBR when used on GPT partitions
On Friday 07 November 2008 07:13:26 Michael Renner wrote: gnu-fdisk wipes out the Code Area in the MBR Aurélien, This RC bug has been dormant since it's report 3 weeks ago. Are you in a position to comment on this report, are you able to reproduce, have you been able to discuss with upstream? Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#504747: gnu-fdisk: wipes out MBR when used on GPT partitions
Package: gnu-fdisk Version: 1.0-3+b1 Severity: grave Justification: causes non-serious data loss gnu-fdisk wipes out the Code Area in the MBR of a given device when modifying a GPT partition. If this happens to be the boot device, this can cause serious trouble. The behaviour can be easily verified with dd and hexdump. Create a blockdevice with a gpt label, then write data to the code area, e.g.: dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdc bs=440 count=1 and verify that it's there: dd if=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1 | hexdump -C -v Then get fdisk to rewrite the partition table (starting and immediately (re)writing the partition table works); a verification with dd/hexdump should show an empty Code Area. The free encyclopedia has a nice layout of the MBR, for verification: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record best regards, Michael -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gnu-fdisk depends on: ii libc62.7-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.6+20080830-1 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libparted1.8-10 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11 The GNU Parted disk partitioning s ii libuuid1 1.41.2-1universally unique id library gnu-fdisk recommends no packages. gnu-fdisk suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
