parted-1.2.5.-1 from pinstripe doesn't work for me on /dev/hda first it complains that is supports only 512 byte sectors and that hda is 1024 bytes. It also gives a warning : Warning: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hda is 392/255/63. You should check that this matches the BIOS geometry before using this program. fdisk says that it is really : Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 784 cylinders I attache the outputs from parted and fdisk
Created attachment 2297 [details] Output of parted and fdisk
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Winston Gold-release
Andrew Clausen <clausen> sent me this : Do you have any 2.[34].x headers installed? You only get this problem if Parted detects blkpg.h which is only in 2.[34].x headers. That would explain the difference between fdisk and Parted. Andrew Clausen
Should be fixed in parted-1.2.7-1.
The version shipped in RC1 ( I think it is 1.2.7-1 ) still has the bug, but 1.2.8-1 is OK.
1.2.8 is in final.