FC5 locks solid after running parted

[Rex Dieter]

Chris Allen wrote:

> The script below locks the machine solid about 40% of the time that I
> run it.
...
> Ideas anyone??
> 
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> for i in b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q
> do
> parted -s /dev/sd$i rm 1
+ sync; sleep 2;
> parted -s /dev/sd$i mkpart primary ext2 0 250GB
+ sync; sleep 2;
> done