[parted-devel] parted with iPod 80GB

[Mario Rossi]

Hi,

I'm trying to use parted with an iPod 80GB.
the sector size is 2048, so I hoped to succed with version 1.8.3.
But this is the output:

[root at thinkpad ~]# parted /dev/sda
Warning: Device /dev/sda has a logical sector size of 2048.  Not all
parts of GNU Parted support this at the moment, and the working code
is HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL.

GNU Parted 1.8.3
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
Error: Unable to open /dev/sda - unrecognised disk label.
(parted) quit
Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.

While fdisk succeds

[root at thinkpad ~]# fdisk /dev/sda
Note: sector size is 2048 (not 512)

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2432.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
  (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2432 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 2048 = 32901120 bytes

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           4      128394    0  Empty
/dev/sda2               5        2432    78011640    b  W95 FAT32

Is it supposed to work? Am I missing anything?
I'm using kernel 2.6.20.3 which I've recompiled, on a Fedora Core 5.

Cheers