Re: Parted 1.6.0-pre9

[Richard Hirst]

On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 08:18:13AM +1000, Andrew Clausen wrote:
> > > (parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 200 300
> > > writing per-group metadata... 100%      (time left 00:12)(parted)         
> > 
> > it failed to erase the progress line.
> 
> I've never seen this happen.  This is funky... it means someone isn't
> saying they've finished.  (But it's at 100%!)  /me confused
> > If I get a progress indication, it hits 100% long before the prompt
> > returns, but I guess that is because of disk flushing.
> 
> There is definitely something strange happening there.  I've never
> seen anything like it, and it doesn't make sense.  Can I debug it?
> (ssh?)  Or, feel free to look yourself...

I'll investigate here and let you know.

Richard