[parted-devel] A new test

[Jurij Smakov]

On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 08:19:24AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We have uploaded a parted 2.3 package (with the required changes
> backported) to sid and would be nice if you could do a new test using
> the daily snapshot of d-i and let us know if it works or not.

By the way, I have doubts that libparted is still to blame, as I 
can create partitions without problem using parted using cylinder or 
optimal alignment, and they come out with correct size:

jurij at debian:~$ dpkg -l | grep parted
ii  libparted0debian1                         2.3-1                          The GNU Parted disk partitioning shared libr
ii  parted                                    2.3-1                          The GNU Parted disk partition resizing progr
jurij at debian:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb print
Model: HITACHI DKR1C-J072FC (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 72.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: sun

Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Flags
 1      0.00B   16.8GB  16.8GB  ext2            boot
 2      16.8GB  33.7GB  16.8GB  ext3
 4      33.7GB  50.5GB  16.8GB  linux-swap(v1)
 5      50.5GB  67.4GB  16.8GB  ext3

jurij at debian:~$ sudo parted -a cylinder /dev/sdb mkpart ext2 67.4G 68G
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.                           

jurij at debian:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb print
Model: HITACHI DKR1C-J072FC (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 72.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: sun

Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Flags
 1      0.00B   16.8GB  16.8GB  ext2            boot
 2      16.8GB  33.7GB  16.8GB  ext3
 4      33.7GB  50.5GB  16.8GB  linux-swap(v1)
 5      50.5GB  67.4GB  16.8GB  ext3
 6      67.4GB  68.0GB  617MB

jurij at debian:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb rm 6
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.                           

jurij at debian:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb print
Model: HITACHI DKR1C-J072FC (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 72.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: sun

Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Flags
 1      0.00B   16.8GB  16.8GB  ext2            boot
 2      16.8GB  33.7GB  16.8GB  ext3
 4      33.7GB  50.5GB  16.8GB  linux-swap(v1)
 5      50.5GB  67.4GB  16.8GB  ext3

jurij at debian:~$ sudo parted -a optimal /dev/sdb mkpart ext2 67.4G 68G
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.                           

jurij at debian:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb print
Model: HITACHI DKR1C-J072FC (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 72.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: sun

Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Flags
 1      0.00B   16.8GB  16.8GB  ext2            boot
 2      16.8GB  33.7GB  16.8GB  ext3
 4      33.7GB  50.5GB  16.8GB  linux-swap(v1)
 5      50.5GB  67.4GB  16.8GB  ext3
 6      67.4GB  68.0GB  619MB

jurij at debian:~$ 

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