I'm forwarding my mail to the author, since it's no longer valid (it was returned). BTW, there is a newer version of util-linux than that on fedora-core-1. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Andries Brouwer and others, I got this e-mail address from Freshmeat. I'm using Fedora Core 1, util-linux-2.11y-29. I accidentally found a bug in fdisk. How to reproduce: ------------------------------------------------------ # fdisk /dev/hdb [...] Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hdb: 10.2 GB, 10239860736 bytes [...] Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 123 987966 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 124 246 987997+ 83 Linux Command (m for help): a Partition number (1-4): 3 Warning: partition 3 has empty type Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Selected partition 4 First cylinder (247-1244, default 247): ------------------------------------------------------ It automatically selected partition 4, as if partition 3 existed. If I skip the "a" command, it will ask which partition I want for command "n" (from 3,4), which is the correct behaviour. Hope that helps, -- Nuno Tavares
