[parted-devel] [PATCH] More correct handling of the HeaderSize field in GPT labels

[Jim Meyering]

Jim Meyering <jim at meyering.net> wrote:
...
> For example, can you give me a sequence of commands to create a
> small image for which parted-before-your-patch fails, yet with your
> patch it works?
>
> E.g.,
>
>   dev=loop-file
>   dd if=/dev/zero of=$dev bs=1 count=50K 2> /dev/null
>   ./parted -s $dev mklabel gpt
>   # change HeaderSize and checksum
>   # do something with the label, e.g., ./parted -s $dev p

Alternatively, just create a ZFS partition on OpenSolaris,
tell me the commands you used (for reference), send me the first
few KB of the image, and I'll do the rest.