From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:13184 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751142Ab1HQH4R (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:56:17 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:56:13 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: giulioo@pobox.com Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sfdisk: trying to create aligned partitions: fail Message-ID: <20110817075613.GB28856@nb.net.home> References: <20110817061256.BB29DF815@i3.golden.dom> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20110817061256.BB29DF815@i3.golden.dom> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 08:13:06AM +0200, Giulio wrote: > Linux 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5 > sfdisk from util-linux 2.20-rc1 > fdisk (util-linux 2.20-rc1) > 200GB VMware SCSI disk > > It seems it's not immediately possible to create aligned partitions (ie: > starting at 1MB/2048 sectors) with sfdisk. This is unsupported by sfdisk and cfdisk. You have to use fdisk or parted. I'll add a note about it to the man page... Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com