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
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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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