Here are test runs using the patches. I include all output here if there where errors you would be seeing them all output is included.
Here is parted auto probeing all devices: hurd:/home/hde# projects/PATCHED_parted-1.6.11/parted/.libs/parted GNU Parted 1.6.11 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/hd0 (parted) Here is the store typed syntax: hurd:/home/hde# projects/PATCHED_parted-1.6.11/parted/.libs/parted device:hd2 GNU Parted 1.6.11 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 device:hd2 (parted) p Disk geometry for device:hd2: 0.000-1033.347 megabytes Disk label type: sun Minor Start End Filesystem Flags 1 0.000 1000.000 boot (parted) Here is the path syntax: hurd:/home/hde# projects/PATCHED_parted-1.6.11/parted/.libs/parted /dev/hd0 GNU Parted 1.6.11 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/hd0 (parted) p Disk geometry for /dev/hd0: 0.000-1222.593 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 61.031 primary linux-swap 2 61.031 1222.593 primary ext2 boot (parted) Thanks hde [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes: > Oh, send a short test run showing that this actually works. I can't > check it right now since my GNU/Hurd box is hosed... _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd