https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754789 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754789#c0 Summary: sfdisk fails when using on empty-null written drive Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: dan.mares@norcrossgroup.com QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 when running sfdisk to create a default NTFS partition sector on a wiped drive: sfdisk /dev/sdc < partition_nt and the /dev/sdc is completely wiped with nulls, and the partition_nt file contains ,,7 for creating a default NTFS partition, sfdisk fails and produces an error message. This operation fails in the 32 bit OS, but the same operation when run under the 64 bit OS works fine. if a "dummy" partition table is first written to the disk, then the 32 bit versions seems to work. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.under OpenSuse 12.1 32bit I686, with null wiped drive /dev/sdc 2.sfdisk /dev/sdc < partition_parameters 3.partition_parameters contain: ,,7 program fails Actual Results: sfdisk displays error message and doesn't install the partition Expected Results: NTFS partition should be created -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.