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Topic: gparted cannot find correct partition. FAT16 error

Hello,

gparted show me that i have a 152.67 GB hard disk with partition FAT16 (!) and i cannot make any operations on it.
of course it works with linux with this partiotions:

# fdisk -l /dev/hda

/dev/hda1   *           1              7           56196    83  Linux
/dev/hda2               8             70         506047+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3              71       17412     139299615   83  Linux
/dev/hda4           17413     19929     20217802+  83  Linux

please help me, how can i fix this problem?
thanks

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Re: gparted cannot find correct partition. FAT16 error

which version of gparted do you use ?
which operating system ?
What kinda partition is mounted  ?

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Re: gparted cannot find correct partition. FAT16 error

i'm using the latest gparted livecd
no partition mounted

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Re: gparted cannot find correct partition. FAT16 error

excuse me, but could you specify the *exact* name of the version you are using : which iso, please ?

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Re: gparted cannot find correct partition. FAT16 error

this is the version:
gparted-livecd-0.3.3-0.iso

6 Reply by monti (edited by monti 2007-10-24 11:04:06)

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Re: gparted cannot find correct partition. FAT16 error

The problem is with the libparted backend:
http://parted.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin … /ticket/50

(EDIT: changed the URL)