https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726603 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726603#c0 Summary: Parted incorrecly reports geometry on looback devices Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: RC 1 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: puzel@suse.com ReportedBy: bkutil@suse.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Test: qemu-img create -f raw test.raw 50M losetup -s -f test.raw dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/loop0 bs=512 count=1 /usr/sbin/parted -s /dev/loop0 mklabel msdos /usr/sbin/parted -m /dev/loop0 unit cyl print Results: SLE11 SP1 (parted-1.8.8-102.23.1, 2.6.32.45-0.3-default)

CYL; /dev/loop0:6cyl:unknown:512:512:msdos:Unknown; 6:255:63:8225kB;

openSUSE 12.1 (parted-2.4-17.1.x86_64, 3.1.0-rc7-3-default)

CYL; /dev/loop0:799cyl:file:512:512:msdos:; 800:4:32:65.5kB;

Patches 3e35b6559ad1ebfbad47e8edb2b002d7c07c984c and 1eb0cc30d9a2f6a2a6c1f7ec0e4003b1081c5738 from parted git, back-ported to 2.4, present in openSUSE 12.1, seem to fix the problem: openSUSE 12.1 (parted-2.4-17.1.x86_64 + patches, 3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop)

CYL; /dev/loop0:6cyl:loopback:512:512:msdos:Loopback device; 6:255:63:8225kB;

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