Quote Originally Posted by twistedalpha
my board is an old PCCHIPS M741LMRT w/ chipset Xcel 2000 (Twin Sockets: Slot1& PGA370Socket) and my hd is a 40G Seagate Barracuda ..
No correlation with the motherboard - but my hard drive is a 40G Seagate Barracuda as well ??

So my theory is now that libparted has a recently introduced bug which is exposed by this brand/model/type of drive.