Re: [Gptfdisk-general] Bug#637572: gdisk: fails to write protective MBR

[Arno S. <ael...@ho...>]

Hi,

Enclosed are the dumps, They are all created in the same way:

# gdisk /dev/sdX
[..]
Command (? for help): b
Enter backup filename to save: sdX-0.N.gpt


The dumps do not change if I recreate the protective MBR (x-n) before
dumping. And with version 0.7, if I choose 'v' from the main menu, it
immediately gives the "0xEE partition doesn't start on sector 1" error.

I've taken a (cursory) look at the diffs, version 0.7's MBR is always
all-zeroes. I did get to try these disks on i386 as well, and there it
works fine, so it's not disk-related. I guess it's either an
architecture-specific bug or a compiler gotcha.


If there's anything I can do test, please let me know. But the disks
are now in use, so I won't be able to do write-tests. From the results
above, I guess that won't be necessary.

Many thanks,
Arno