diff --git a/packages/sysutils/parted/patches/parted-2.2-hi-major-sd-rh611691.diff b/packages/sysutils/parted/patches/parted-2.2-hi-major-sd-rh611691.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a05eed179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/parted/patches/parted-2.2-hi-major-sd-rh611691.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff -up parted-2.1/libparted/arch/linux.c.original parted-2.1/libparted/arch/linux.c
+--- parted-2.1/libparted/arch/linux.c.original	2010-07-06 15:05:19.921823935 +0900
++++ parted-2.1/libparted/arch/linux.c	2010-07-06 16:42:16.420762063 +0900
+@@ -221,6 +221,14 @@ struct blkdev_ioctl_param {
+ #define SCSI_DISK5_MAJOR        69
+ #define SCSI_DISK6_MAJOR        70
+ #define SCSI_DISK7_MAJOR        71
++#define SCSI_DISK8_MAJOR        128
++#define SCSI_DISK9_MAJOR        129
++#define SCSI_DISK10_MAJOR       130
++#define SCSI_DISK11_MAJOR       131
++#define SCSI_DISK12_MAJOR       132
++#define SCSI_DISK13_MAJOR       133
++#define SCSI_DISK14_MAJOR       134
++#define SCSI_DISK15_MAJOR       135
+ #define COMPAQ_SMART2_MAJOR     72
+ #define COMPAQ_SMART2_MAJOR1    73
+ #define COMPAQ_SMART2_MAJOR2    74
+@@ -259,7 +267,8 @@ struct blkdev_ioctl_param {
+ #define SCSI_BLK_MAJOR(M) (                                             \
+                 (M) == SCSI_DISK0_MAJOR                                 \
+                 || (M) == SCSI_CDROM_MAJOR                              \
+-                || ((M) >= SCSI_DISK1_MAJOR && (M) <= SCSI_DISK7_MAJOR))
++                || ((M) >= SCSI_DISK1_MAJOR && (M) <= SCSI_DISK7_MAJOR) \
++                || ((M) >= SCSI_DISK8_MAJOR && (M) <= SCSI_DISK15_MAJOR))
+ 
+ /* Maximum number of partitions supported by linux. */
+ #define MAX_NUM_PARTS		64
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/parted/patches/parted-2.3-lpn.diff b/packages/sysutils/parted/patches/parted-2.3-lpn.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da9c3c2773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/parted/patches/parted-2.3-lpn.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+From 763d9aca0fd5c79c46243774c17b562013a93418 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:21:24 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Handle syncing partition changes when using blkext majors (#634980)
+
+Also remove unused _device_get_partition_range function
+---
+ libparted/arch/linux.c |   37 ++++---------------------------------
+ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libparted/arch/linux.c b/libparted/arch/linux.c
+index 38f4e31..225d06b 100644
+--- a/libparted/arch/linux.c
++++ b/libparted/arch/linux.c
+@@ -2391,35 +2391,6 @@ _blkpg_remove_partition (PedDisk* disk, int n)
+ }
+ 
+ /*
+- * The number of partitions that a device can have depends on the kernel.
+- * If we don't find this value in /sys/block/DEV/range, we will use our own
+- * value.
+- */
+-static unsigned int
+-_device_get_partition_range(PedDevice* dev)
+-{
+-        int         range, r;
+-        char        path[128];
+-        FILE*       fp;
+-        bool        ok;
+-
+-        r = snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/sys/block/%s/range",
+-                     last_component(dev->path));
+-        if (r < 0 || r >= sizeof(path))
+-                return MAX_NUM_PARTS;
+-
+-        fp = fopen(path, "r");
+-        if (!fp)
+-                return MAX_NUM_PARTS;
+-
+-        ok = fscanf(fp, "%d", &range) == 1;
+-        fclose(fp);
+-
+-        /* (range <= 0) is none sense.*/
+-        return ok && range > 0 ? range : MAX_NUM_PARTS;
+-}
+-
+-/*
+  * Sync the partition table in two step process:
+  * 1. Remove all of the partitions from the kernel's tables, but do not attempt
+  *    removal of any partition for which the corresponding ioctl call fails.
+@@ -2441,10 +2412,10 @@ _disk_sync_part_table (PedDisk* disk)
+         int lpn;
+ 
+         /* lpn = largest partition number. */
+-        if (ped_disk_get_max_supported_partition_count(disk, &lpn))
+-                lpn = PED_MIN(lpn, _device_get_partition_range(disk->dev));
+-        else
+-                lpn = _device_get_partition_range(disk->dev);
++        if (!ped_disk_get_max_supported_partition_count(disk, &lpn))
++                lpn = 256; /* HDG: not pretty but there is no other way
++                              as we must make sure any removed partitions
++                              actually get removed from the kernels view */
+ 
+         /* Its not possible to support largest_partnum < 0.
+          * largest_partnum == 0 would mean does not support partitions.
+-- 
+1.7.2.2
+
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/parted/url b/packages/sysutils/parted/url
index 4fb1b8256c..ee82b65033 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/parted/url
+++ b/packages/sysutils/parted/url
@@ -1 +1 @@
-http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/parted-1.9.0.tar.gz
+http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/parted-2.3.tar.gz