strange problem with gparted.

Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Tue Feb 8 15:21:13 UTC 2011


On 11-02-08 09:21 AM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
>
>
> Rashkae,
> Thanks for your speedy reply.
> I did what you asked but the only "error" I got was:
> joep at Laguna-new:~/Utube/utubeqt$ sudo gparted
> ======================
> libparted : 2.2
> ======================
> Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition
>
> and dmesg gave no error. It doen't look like an error but more that 
> something in the disk layout is not known by gparted.
> An external disk (dev/sdb), also of 1 Tb. is seen without a problem.
> Both disks as Samsung and I have no problem whatsoever with them.
> Joep
>
>

As it happens, this does seem to be a parted bug that bites people from 
time to time.. So far, I've been unable to find information on what, 
exactly triggers it.  Here's the best thread on the subject I've found 
so far:

http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=13268




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