[Parted-maintainers] Bug#462691: debian-installer: fails to partition hard drives on powermac g5

[Frans Pop]

reassign libparted1.7-1 1.7.1-5.1
thanks

On Saturday 26 January 2008, Ben Finney wrote:
> Machine: Apple Powermac G5
[...]
>   * virtual console 4 shows:
>       kernel: ioctl32(parted_server:23148): Unknown cmd fd(9)
> cmd(41a04403){01} arg(ffa30938) on /dev/foo

This looks like an issue in libparted. It appears to send an invalid command 
to the kernel.

There are other known issues on G5 systems with recognition of existing 
partitions (see for example #443272), but I've no idea if this is related 
or not.

Cheers,
FJP