parted gives "invalid argument during read" error while attempting to repartition a large preformatted disk
Issue
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partedgivesinvalid argument during readerror while attempting to partition a large disk when run as:parted /dev/sdc mklabel gpt
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- NTFS pre-formatted external USB disk
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