[Virtual-pkg-base-maintainers] Bug#729978: base: fdisk returns "last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 20660"

[Václav Voborník]

Hi

>> I have connected a 4TB disk but fdisk cannot access it:
>> # parted -l
>> Partition Table: msdos
>
> you need a GUID Partition Table (GPT), MSDOS can't handle this. Thus
> closing this as a user error.

There is no such a big difference after relabeling to gpt:

# parted -l
Model: Seagate  Backup+ Desk     (scsi)
Disk /dev/da0: 4001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name     Flags
 1      1049kB  20.0GB  20.0GB               primary
 2      20.0GB  4001GB  3981GB               primary

<snip>

# fdisk -l /dev/da0
last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 20660

# fdisk /dev/da0
last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 20660
You will not be able to write the partition table.
fdisk: unable to read /dev/da0: Invalid argument

# ls -la /dev/da0*
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 0, 113 Nov 23 21:09 /dev/da0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 0, 114 Nov 23 21:09 /dev/da0p1
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 0, 124 Nov 23 21:09 /dev/da0p2

Regards
Vaclav