Bug#268763: If the partition table is broken, partman will show no partitions.

[Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg>]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 08:49:36PM -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote:
> 
> I know it's not partman's fault that the partition table is broken, but
> since it can be fixed using fdisk, there should be a way of fixing it
> through partman... Or at least a big warning stating that the partition
> table is broken and that data will be lost.

I think that parted refuses to work with such partition tables in order
to be safe and this is the right thing for a partitioning program.

> I hope you can have a look at this.

I can add an informational message about the possible reasons why the
partitioning table is not recognised.

Anton Zinoviev