Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gparted
hello
gparted doesn't seem to work with /dev/mapper devices. (there's already a bug
report of this, but it is another issue as i read)
problem: when trying to resize an ntfs partition (i didn't try it with other
types) that is on a dmraid array, gparted passes wrong command line parameters
to ntfsresize. instead of the partition name, it passes the name of the array
to ntfsresize, which then, of course, returns an error to gparted, which then
aborts with an error.
for example: i have a nforce4 ultra chipset, with 2x320gb drives in a raid0
array. dmraid detects the array fine and creates the device
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bijeidde. gparted sees this device, and allows the creation
of partitions. the first created partition will be in
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bijeidde1 (note the "1" at the end, indicating this is the
first partition). it can even format this partition to ntfs.
but from here, any operation on the partition fails. checking for errors.
moving, resizing, etc. fails with an error message. when the details view is
expanded, it becomes clear, that gparted always calls ntfsresize to check the
consistency of the file system, before any further action. unfortunatelly
gparted passes the array name to ntfsresize in the command line, instead of the
partition name.
when running ntfsresize from any command line with the correct command line, it
works fine.
i didn't test this with other file systems, but i could imagine, gparted woudl
also pass wrong command line parameters to the other utilities.
** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: gparted mapper ntfsresize
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gparted bad command line parameters with mapper devices
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338873
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