Bug in parted 1.6.19 : CDROM with SunOS disklabel and UFS partitions

[Marc Hufschmitt]

Hello

I didn't achieved to read a Solaris Install CD partition. below I cut  
the fdisk -l execution  and parted execution for details

  Marc



$ fdisk -l /dev/scd0
Note: sector size is 2048 (not 512)

Disk /dev/scd0 (Sun disk label): 1 heads, 640 sectors, 2048 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 640 * 512 bytes

    Device Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/scd0p1   r         0      1685    539200    4  SunOS usr
/dev/scd0p2   r      1685      1846     51520    2  SunOS root
/dev/scd0p3          1846      1851      1600    0  Empty
/dev/scd0p4          1851      1856      1600    0  Empty
/dev/scd0p5          1856      1861      1600    0  Empty
/dev/scd0p6          1861      1866      1600    0  Empty


$ parted  /dev/scd0
Warning: Unable to open /dev/scd0 read-write (Read-only file  
system).  /dev/scd0 has been opened read-only.
You found a bug in GNU Parted.  Please email a bug report to bug- 
address@hidden containing the version (1.6.19), and the following  
message:

The sector size on /dev/scd0 is 2048 bytes.  Parted is known not to  
work properly with drives with sector sizes other than 512 bytes.
Use 2048 sector size?
Yes/No? yes
Warning: Unable to open /dev/scd0 read-write (Read-only file  
system).  /dev/scd0 has been opened read-only.
GNU Parted 1.6.19
Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public  
License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but  
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  
General Public License for more details.

Using /dev/scd0
(parted) help
  check MINOR                   do a simple check on the filesystem
  cp [FROM-DEVICE] FROM-MINOR TO-MINOR      copy filesystem to  
another partition
  help [COMMAND]                prints general help, or help on COMMAND
  mklabel LABEL-TYPE            create a new disklabel (partition  
table)
  mkfs MINOR FS-TYPE            make a filesystem FS-TYPE on  
partititon MINOR
  mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END      make a partition
  mkpartfs PART-TYPE FS-TYPE START END      make a partition with a  
filesystem
  move MINOR START END          move partition MINOR
  name MINOR NAME               name partition MINOR NAME
  print [MINOR]                 display the partition table, or a  
partition
  quit                          exit program
  rescue START END              rescue a lost partition near START  
and END
  resize MINOR START END        resize filesystem on partition MINOR
  rm MINOR                      delete partition MINOR
  select DEVICE                 choose the device to edit
  set MINOR FLAG STATE          change a flag on partition MINOR
(parted) print
Warning: The disk CHS geometry (18,255,63) does not match the  
geometry stored on the disk label (2048,1,640).
Ignore/Cancel? c
(parted) check
Warning: The disk CHS geometry (18,255,63) does not match the  
geometry stored on the disk label (2048,1,640).
Ignore/Cancel? i
Warning: The disk label describes a disk bigger than /dev/scd0.
Ignore/Cancel? i
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.
Error: Can't have the end before the start!
(parted) q