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problem relabeling and partitioning a ntfs hard drive

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From: Scott <scottyenvivo <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-parted <at> gnu.org
Subject: problem relabeling and partitioning a ntfs hard drive
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 22:14:49 -0700

Hi, I was trying to wipe a drive and ntfs partition but the partition 
type stays the same even though the label and size are affected.
-----------

Debian 8.2 x64
parted (GNU parted) 3.2



$parted /dev/sdc
<parted>
mklabel gtp yes
mkpart name ext4 0gb 160gb

print:
Model: ATA WDC WD1600AAJS-0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End    Size   File system  Name  Flags
 1      1049kB  160GB  160GB  ext4         HIST

(parted) quit
Backtrace has 15 calls on stack:
  15: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x44) 
[0x7fb356afb644]
  14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_init+0xd0) 
[0x7fb356b021d0]
  13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_new+0x56) 
[0x7fb356b02286]
  12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_exact+0xa8) 
[0x7fb356b02b68]
  11: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x25238) [0x7fb356b13238]
  10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x25306) [0x7fb356b13306]
  9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x120aa) [0x7fb356b000aa]
  8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_delete_all+0x62) 
[0x7fb356b00c32]
  7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x24619) [0x7fb356b12619]
  6: parted() [0x407a11]
  5: parted() [0x407acf]
  4: parted(interactive_mode+0xff) [0x40ca2f]
  3: parted(main+0x119f) [0x405f6f]
  2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) 
[0x7fb3562f0b45]
  1: parted() [0x405fc7]


You found a bug in GNU Parted! ...Also include any additional 
information about your setup you
consider important.

Assertion (max_size > 0) at ../../libparted/cs/constraint.c:71 in 
function ped_constraint_init() failed.

Aborted

Message #8 received at 35066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: Scott <scottyenvivo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35066: problem relabeling and partitioning a ntfs hard drive
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 15:07:12 -0700

On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 10:14:49PM -0700, Scott wrote:
> Hi, I was trying to wipe a drive and ntfs partition but the partition type
> stays the same even though the label and size are affected.
> -----------
> 
> Debian 8.2 x64
> parted (GNU parted) 3.2
> 
> 
> 
> $parted /dev/sdc
> <parted>
> mklabel gtp yes

Try mklabel gpt :)

-- 
Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT)

Message #11 received at 35066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: 35066-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: 35066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35066: problem relabeling and partitioning a ntfs hard drive
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 15:13:57 -0700

Pushed these to master, also included in parted-3.2-41 build for Fedora
Rawhide.

-- 
Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT)

Message #19 received at 35066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: Scott <scottyenvivo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35066: problem relabeling and partitioning a ntfs hard drive
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 15:53:43 -0700

Sorry, I closed the wrong bug. Hopefully mklabel gpt works for you :)

-- 
Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT)

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