Bug#90967: proposed fix
Matt Kraai <kraai@debian.org> writes:
> I believe that this is caused by a bug in libfdisk. It does not
> add hdg to the fdisk_disks list because the device_blocks[] array
> does not contain the proper information for the hdg, hdh, hdi, or
> hdj drives. The device number for hdg is 34 << 8, by using the
> information in device_blocks it is 33 << 8 + 128. Since it isn't
> in this table, it isn't added to the list of drives, hence isn't
> displayed as an option.
>
> The following patch should fix support for hdg and hdh, and add
> support for hdi and hdj (it was already in place for hdk and hdl).
Is this tested? If so, I'd like to apply it to the stable/potato
branch and merge that to woody?
OTOH, if it's risky, it should be woody only. Thoughts?
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