[Bug 1644779] Re: Assertion (max_size > 0) failed while selecting partition

[Thorsten Goetzke]

Ran into exactly the same thing.
parted is able to work with the disk, but you can not use the "select" command.
instead just specify the device at the commandline.

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Title:
  Assertion (max_size > 0) failed while selecting partition

Status in parted package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The following commands lead to crash:
  1. sudo parted
  2. print
  3. print devices
  4. select /dev/sdb

  All steps in the same order are required to reproduce the crash.
  However, it doesn't matter, which valid device to choose in step 4
  (selecting /dev/sda also leads to crash).

  Ubuntu 16.10
  parted 3.2-15build1


  Output from terminal:

  $ sudo parted
  GNU Parted 3.2
  Using /dev/sda
  Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
  (parted) print                                                            
  Model: ATA ST320LT012-1DG14 (scsi)
  Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
  Partition Table: gpt
  Disk Flags: 

  Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Name                          Flags
   1      1049kB  106MB   105MB   fat32           EFI system partition          boot, esp
   2      106MB   1050MB  944MB   ntfs            Basic data partition          hidden, diag
   3      1050MB  1184MB  134MB                   Microsoft reserved partition  msftres
   4      1184MB  199GB   198GB   ntfs            Basic data partition          msftdata
   6      199GB   294GB   95,7GB  ext4
   7      294GB   299GB   4176MB  linux-swap(v1)
   5      299GB   320GB   21,5GB  ntfs            Basic data partition          hidden, diag

  (parted) print devices                                                    
  /dev/sda (320GB)
  /dev/sdb (8195MB)
  (parted) select /dev/sdb                                                  
  Backtrace has 14 calls on stack:
    14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x45) [0x7f3e9700de55]
    13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_init+0xd0) [0x7f3e970149c0]
    12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_new+0x56) [0x7f3e97014a76]
    11: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_exact+0xa8) [0x7f3e97015338]
    10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x22cb7) [0x7f3e97025cb7]
    9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x22d86) [0x7f3e97025d86]
    8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0xf88a) [0x7f3e9701288a]
    7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_delete_all+0x62) [0x7f3e97013442]
    6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x22079) [0x7f3e97025079]
    5: parted(+0x6afb) [0x5612aa2d6afb]
    4: parted(interactive_mode+0x120) [0x5612aa2dd0b0]
    3: parted(main+0x142b) [0x5612aa2d61eb]
    2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf1) [0x7f3e967e93f1]
    1: parted(_start+0x2a) [0x5612aa2d624a]

  
  You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:

  Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data.
  Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:

  Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking
  the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at:

    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/

  Please check this version prior to bug reporting.

  If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check,
  please visit the GNU Parted website:

    http://www.gnu.org/software/parted

  for further information.

  Your report should contain the version of this release (3.2)
  along with the error message below, the output of

    parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print

  and the following history of commands you entered.
  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 (core dumped)

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