An updated parted package that adds virtio device support is now available.
The GNU Parted program allows you to create, destroy, resize, move, and
copy hard disk partitions. Parted can be used for creating space for new
operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard
disks.
This update adds the following enhancement:
* BZ#479678. virtio is an API for handling virtual I/O devices in
virtualization environments. virtio disks did not properly re-scan the
partition table after changing it. The re-scanning did not occur because
Parted marked virtio disks as "unknown" and did not do the re-scan. With
this update a VIRTIO disk type has been added to Parted, enabling support
for virtio devices.
Parted users should install this update which adds this enhancement.
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
| Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) |
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| SRPMS: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.src.rpm |
bb4962b09af09a682887abdb762de736 |
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| IA-32: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.i386.rpm |
8040f6a0f40ef56dc7d3b14fd8bd21d0 |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.i386.rpm |
93641877db5b41aa380f427e445e8796 |
| |
| x86_64: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.x86_64.rpm |
f135981c4d0530a104f19dc34b8b334e |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.x86_64.rpm |
9a9ec16b87052e7b2b1609f6dfb3772d |
| |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) |
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| SRPMS: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.src.rpm |
bb4962b09af09a682887abdb762de736 |
| |
| IA-32: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.i386.rpm |
8040f6a0f40ef56dc7d3b14fd8bd21d0 |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.i386.rpm |
93641877db5b41aa380f427e445e8796 |
| |
| IA-64: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.ia64.rpm |
c7ecf639f8a73e90d0374206c2197fde |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.ia64.rpm |
176be88dca42d24f7d18e4a229cc3a3d |
| |
| PPC: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.ppc.rpm |
84672802a0c1f09d586ea755091b5fcb |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.ppc.rpm |
9a03980153d093f031e3c7e3706238fc |
| |
| s390: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.s390.rpm |
177746d3bc500656149a013aa1558e7d |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.s390.rpm |
9463b390a6e0b5fda8292361dd6aef08 |
| |
| s390x: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.s390x.rpm |
1b20324d739810c571c094073e57d8ef |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.s390x.rpm |
f374532cde82677f84e79fb255e91e4c |
| |
| x86_64: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.x86_64.rpm |
f135981c4d0530a104f19dc34b8b334e |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.x86_64.rpm |
9a9ec16b87052e7b2b1609f6dfb3772d |
| |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) |
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| SRPMS: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.src.rpm |
bb4962b09af09a682887abdb762de736 |
| |
| IA-32: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.i386.rpm |
8040f6a0f40ef56dc7d3b14fd8bd21d0 |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.i386.rpm |
93641877db5b41aa380f427e445e8796 |
| |
| IA-64: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.ia64.rpm |
c7ecf639f8a73e90d0374206c2197fde |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.ia64.rpm |
176be88dca42d24f7d18e4a229cc3a3d |
| |
| x86_64: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.x86_64.rpm |
f135981c4d0530a104f19dc34b8b334e |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.x86_64.rpm |
9a9ec16b87052e7b2b1609f6dfb3772d |
| |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) |
|
| SRPMS: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.src.rpm |
bb4962b09af09a682887abdb762de736 |
| |
| IA-32: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.i386.rpm |
8040f6a0f40ef56dc7d3b14fd8bd21d0 |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.i386.rpm |
93641877db5b41aa380f427e445e8796 |
| |
| IA-64: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.ia64.rpm |
c7ecf639f8a73e90d0374206c2197fde |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.ia64.rpm |
176be88dca42d24f7d18e4a229cc3a3d |
| |
| x86_64: |
| parted-1.6.19-23.EL.x86_64.rpm |
f135981c4d0530a104f19dc34b8b334e |
| parted-devel-1.6.19-23.EL.x86_64.rpm |
9a9ec16b87052e7b2b1609f6dfb3772d |
| |
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)
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479678 - RHEL4 kvm virtio: parted support for virtio block devices