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Thread: Error creating partition Using Disk Utility (ubuntu 11.10 live CD)


hi ,
while iam trying create new partition says :
code:
error creating partition: helper exited exit code 1: in part_add_partition: device_file=/dev/sda, start=152035131392, size=49533612544, type=0x83 entering ms-dos parser (offset=0, size=250999111168) msdos_magic found looking @ part 0 (offset 32256, size 26213935104, type 0x07) new part entry looking @ part 1 (offset 26214398976, size 224771703808, type 0x0f) entering ms-dos extended parser (offset=26214398976, size=224771703808) readfrom = 26214398976 msdos_magic found readfrom = 57667438080 msdos_magic found readfrom = 125971092992 msdos_magic found readfrom = 151516086272 msdos_magic found readfrom = 201568711680 msdos_magic found readfrom = 230011729920 msdos_magic found readfrom = 152036075520 no msdos_magic found exiting ms-dos extended parser looking @ part 2 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry looking @ part 3 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry exiting ms-dos parser msdos partition table detected containing partition table scheme = 1 got error: invalid partition table on /dev/sda -- wrong signature 0. ped_disk_new() failed
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code:
root@ubuntu:~# sudo fdisk -l omitting empty partition (11)  disk /dev/sda: 251.0 gb, 250999111168 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515 cylinders, total 490232639 sectors units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes i/o size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes disk identifier: 0x278965d8     device boot      start         end      blocks   id  system /dev/sda1   *          63    51199154    25599546    7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sda2        51199998   490207231   219503617    f  w95 ext'd (lba) /dev/sda5        51200000   112627711    30713856    7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sda6       112631778   246037290    66702756+   7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sda7       246038528   295929855    24945664   83  linux /dev/sda8       295931904   296943615      505856   82  linux swap / solaris /dev/sda9       393688953   429722684    18016866    7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat /dev/sda10      449249280   490207231    20478976    7  hpfs/ntfs/exfat  disk /dev/sdb: 2063 mb, 2063597568 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 250 cylinders, total 4030464 sectors units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes i/o size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes disk identifier: 0x01a53e32     device boot      start         end      blocks   id  system /dev/sdb1   *          63     4030463     2015200+   c  w95 fat32 (lba)


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