Issue

• While trying to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 on IBM Flex System X240 with FC3172 2-port 8GB using kickstart file, installation halts with the following message.

Error: /dev/sda: unrecognised disk label

Error: Can't have the end before the start! (start sector=34 length=-1)
Error: Can't have overlapping partitions.
Error: Can't have overlapping partitions.
Backtrace has 10 calls on stack:
  10: /lib64/libparted-2.1.so.0(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7ff2d88d7151]
  9: /lib64/libparted-2.1.so.0(+0x42ab1) [0x7ff2d8907ab1]
  8: /lib64/libparted-2.1.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x75) [0x7ff2d88de305]
  7: parted() [0x40692c]
  6: parted() [0x4077cd]
  5: parted() [0x409764]
  4: parted() [0x40a95f]
  3: parted(main+0x2c) [0x40aa6c]
  2: /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7ff2d80eccdd]
  1: parted() [0x404f49]


You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:

Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data.
Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:

Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking
the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at:

    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/

Please check this version prior to bug reporting.

If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check,
please visit the GNU Parted website:

    http://www.gnu.org/software/parted

for further information.

Your report should contain the version of this release (2.1)
along with the error message below, the output of

    parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print

and the following history of commands you entered.
Also include any additional information about your setup you
consider important.

Assertion (last_usable > first_usable) at gpt.c:732 in function _parse_header() failed.
Aborted (core dumped)