It's stdout:
sh-2.05b# parted -s -- /dev/sda print 2>/dev/null
Warning: Unable to align partition properly. This probably means that another
partitioning tool generated an incorrect partition table, because it didn't
have the correct BIOS geometry. It is safe to ignore,but ignoring may cause
(fixable) problems with some boot loaders.
Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-69878.000 megabytes
Disk label type: msdos
Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
1 0.000 284.195 primary ext2 boot
2 284.195 2236.366 primary linux-swap
3 2236.367 69878.000 primary xfs
Just to be sure....:
sh-2.05b# parted -s -- /dev/sda print 1>/dev/null
sh-2.05b#
Andrea Righi wrote:
> Right.. it's a common behaviour for a lot of distros... and what about
> the output, is it printed to stdout or stderr?
>
> Cheers,
> -Andrea
>
> Mitch Sako wrote:
>
>>I checked again. The RH RPM is parted-1.6.3-29.5 if that makes any
>>difference. RH usually doesn't change the minor release number and just
>>appends patches to it.
>>
>>Mitch
>>
>>Andrea Righi wrote:
>>
>>>Mitch Sako wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>$ parted --version
>>>>GNU Parted 1.6.3
>>>
>>>
>>>it's a very old version... have you tried to update it to a newer
>>>release (at least 1.6.23)?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>$ parted -s -- /dev/sda print
>>>>Warning: Unable to align partition properly. This probably means that
>>>>another partitioning tool generated an incorrect partition table,
>>>>because it didn't have the correct BIOS geometry. It is safe to
>>>>ignore,but ignoring may cause (fixable) problems with some boot loaders.
>>>>Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-76324.500 megabytes
>>>>Disk label type: msdos
>>>>Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
>>>>1 0.000 271.074 primary ext2 boot
>>>>2 271.075 53022.036 primary xfs 3 53022.037
>>>>76324.438 primary linux-swap
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Anyway, the output seems correct... can you check if it is printed to
>>>stdout or stderr? for example what happens if you run:
>>>
>>># parted -s -- /dev/sda print 2>/dev/null
>>>
>>>If the commands doesn't print anything we can fix it redirecting all to
>>>stdout... let me know..
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>-Andrea
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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