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From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386@yahoo.com.ar>
Cc: util-linux <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: fdisk: off-by-one issue in (n)new command
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:07:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120117100756.GA12310@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F14A512.2030904@yahoo.com.ar>

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 07:30:42PM -0300, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
> Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-524287, default 524287): +255M
> Value out of range.

 The size of the device is 268435456 bytes,

 +255M is relative to the begin of the partition, it means

    (2048 * 512) + (255 * 1024 * 1024) = 268435456 bytes

 but the begin of the last sector (in bytes) is

    268435456 - 512 = 268434944 bytes (LBA sector 524287)

 Right?

    Karel

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@redhat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com

  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-17 10:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <4F0E167A.9090205@yahoo.com.ar>
     [not found] ` <CAMFXF50uHCU4yhwe3byAsTKvPpi8F63mR9O4TfKhuANiEL_v0Q@mail.gmail.com>
2012-01-16 21:54   ` fdisk: off-by-one issue in (n)new command Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
2012-01-16 22:30     ` Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
2012-01-17 10:07       ` Karel Zak [this message]
2012-01-17 14:55         ` Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
2012-01-20 14:21           ` Francesco Cosoleto
2012-01-22  1:37             ` Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi

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