** Description changed: ## Bug Reproduce Instructions ## ```````````````````````````` user $ dd if=/dev/zero of=emulated-disk.img bs=1M count=100 # Let's pretend this small file is our disk 100+0 records in 100+0 records out 104857600 bytes (105 MB, 100 MiB) copied, 0.112727 s, 930 MB/s user $ parted --script emulated-disk.img mklabel msdos user $ parted --script emulated-disk.img mkpart extended 1s -- -1s Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance. - - user $ parted --script emulated-disk.img mkpart logical -- 99MiB -1s # I used to create a tiny partition at the end and name it "XXX_Security" to store the disk's owner information, sometime Parted will hide small inter-partition gap so I usually create it first user $ parted --script emulated-disk.img mkpart logical 3s 99MiB # Then I create a filesystem to install GNU/Linux, it's not M$ Windows so I can just give them a logical partition Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance. - + user $ parted --script emulated-disk.img mkpart logical -- 99MiB -1s # I + used to create a tiny partition at the end and name it "XXX_Security" to + store the disk's owner information, sometime Parted will hide small + inter-partition gap so I usually create it first user $ parted --script + emulated-disk.img mkpart logical 3s 99MiB # Then I create a filesystem + to install GNU/Linux, it's not M$ Windows so I can just give them a + logical partition Warning: The resulting partition is not properly + aligned for best performance. user $ parted --script emulated-disk.img print user $ parted --script emulated-disk.img \ > unit s \ > print # Notice that the partition record is not in order and even that it's valid I still hate it... Model: (file) Disk emulated-disk.img: 204800s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags - 1 1s 204799s 204799s extended lba - 6 3s 202751s 202749s logical - 5 202752s 204799s 2048s logical + 1 1s 204799s 204799s extended lba + 6 3s 202751s 202749s logical + 5 202752s 204799s 2048s logical user $ fdisk emulated-disk.img # ...since it seems that Parted doesn't support fixing the order let's use fdisk from util-linux to do the task Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.27.1). Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Be careful before using the write command. Command (m for help): p Disk emulated-disk.img: 100 MiB, 104857600 bytes, 204800 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: 0xee29eef8 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type emulated-disk.img1 1 204799 204799 100M f W95 Ext'd (LBA) emulated-disk.img5 202752 204799 2048 1M 83 Linux emulated-disk.img6 3 202751 202749 99M 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order. Command (m for help): x Expert command (m for help): f Expert command (m for help): r Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered. Syncing disks. user $ parted --script emulated-disk.img print # ...then Parted crashed...:-( Backtrace has 14 calls on stack: 14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x44) [0x7f686ef4dea4] - 13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1e45f) [0x7f686ef6145f] - 12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0xf8ba) [0x7f686ef528ba] + 13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1e45f) [0x7f686ef6145f] + 12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0xf8ba) [0x7f686ef528ba] 11: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_add_partition+0x25f) [0x7f686ef531af] - 10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1dd4f) [0x7f686ef60d4f] - 9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1dde0) [0x7f686ef60de0] - 8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1dd89) [0x7f686ef60d89] - 7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1ed75) [0x7f686ef61d75] + 10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1dd4f) [0x7f686ef60d4f] + 9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1dde0) [0x7f686ef60de0] + 8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1dd89) [0x7f686ef60d89] + 7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x1ed75) [0x7f686ef61d75] 6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_new+0x48) [0x7f686ef52dd8] - 5: parted(+0x7343) [0x560b013b5343] - 4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0x92) [0x560b013bb102] - 3: parted(main+0x1238) [0x560b013b4028] + 5: parted(+0x7343) [0x560b013b5343] + 4: parted(non_interactive_mode+0x92) [0x560b013bb102] + 3: parted(main+0x1238) [0x560b013b4028] 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7f686e72b830] - 1: parted(_start+0x29) [0x560b013b41d9] + 1: parted(_start+0x29) [0x560b013b41d9] You found a bug in GNU Parted! (...) Assertion (metadata_length > 0) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:2313 in function add_logical_part_metadata() failed. - Aborted (core dumped) ```````````````````````````` ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: parted 3.2-15 - Uname: Linux 4.6.3-buo-ren-autodetected-optimized x86_64 + Uname: Linux 4.6.3-autodetected-optimized x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Sun Jul 10 03:10:10 2016 ExecutablePath: /sbin/parted InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-07 (184 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) ProcCmdline: parted /dev/sda unit co print unit s print SourcePackage: parted UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-07 (93 days ago)
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